Zain Khan at The New York Post reports for a growing number of young Californians, the traditional path from high school to a four-year college is no longer looking like the only route to a Middle-Class career. Rising college costs, uncertainty about the job market and concerns over Artificial Intelligence (AI) are pushing more young people to consider more»

Charles Ramirez at The Detroit News reports Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan is the first in the State to adopt a new program that aims to enable future Bricklayers to earn school credit during their Apprenticeships. The program and Schoolcraft's participation were announced by Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2, the Michigan Community more»

WSB Radio News reports the City of Decatur Fire Department is partnering with Decatur High School’s Career Academy on a new program designed to prepare students for careers in the Fire Service - while helping address a Firefighter shortage. Decatur Fire Chief Toni Washington says the Firefighter Apprenticeship Program will allow students to earn their more»

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transforms Entry-Level: Automation is replacing routine junior roles, pushing Gen Z toward specialized skills or adaptable, multi-disciplinary careers. Trades Gain Traction: Rising pay and shorter training for Trades and Health Care Support Roles are drawing Gen Z away from traditional degree paths. Labor Market In Flux: more»

(CLYDE, OHIO) – The Whirlpool Corporation highlighted its nearly 70-year-old Apprenticeship Program during a visit from Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling to its Clyde facility, the largest Washing Machine Factory in the world. Joined by State and Local Leaders, Sonderling took a firsthand look at how the only remaining major more»

The Pacific Daily News reports the Guam Department of Labor (DOL) has secured a more than $600,000 grant to support Registered Apprenticeship Programs on Guam. The new funding will help cover costs for related training instructions in both Pre-Apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship. The Guam DOL will partner with other employment and training programs more»

Katy Willis at W.S.M. reports a four-year degree is not always practical when you have bills due now - yet plenty of short training programs seem to lead straight to low-paid work with shaky hours. Many adults in mid-life or beyond just don’t have the resources or the desire to retrain for four long years, but that doesn’t mean there are no more»

Alana Edgin at The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports that once known as the "best kept secret" in the local Trades, future Sheet Metal Workers now have a place in Lubbock, Texas to learn the craft. Sheet Metal Air Rail Transportation (SMART) Local Union 49 JATC has officially opened their new 9,000-square-foot Training Facility. Members of the Union and more»

(BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS) - The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has awarded $1.5 million to Massachusetts to support Registered Apprenticeship as a training and employment strategy for emerging industries. This grant builds on Governor Maura Healey’s Administration’s commitment to expand Registered Apprenticeship, a proven workforce strategy that more»

Emma Caplan-Fisher at Moneywise reports When Jensen Huang showed up at Carnegie Mellon, the Nvidia CEO used his commencement address to the Class of 2026 to make a case for a very different kind of career: One that requires a hard hat, not a laptop. "AI (Artificial Intelligence) gives America the opportunity to build again," Huang told the assembled crowd more»

(INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA) - Governor Mike Braun has announced $9.1 million in new grants that will expand Registered Apprenticeship Programs throughout the State of Indiana, helping Hoosiers skill up and enter higher wage careers. A portion of the funding will also go toward connecting formerly incarcerated adults with employment. Governor Braun more»

Jim Wilson at The Canadian HR Reporter writes the Canadian Government has announced $2 billion in new funding for Provinces and territories to expand Skilled Trades training, a commitment HR Professionals should watch closely given projections of a shortfall of more than 1.4 million Trades Workers by 2033, according to Employment and Social Development more»

Elijah Skipper at WLOS Asheville/Greenville reports during a visit to Broughton Hospital in Morganton, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced a new Apprenticeship Program aimed at building a pipeline of Health Care Workers as State Facilities continue to face staffing shortages. The STEP-NC: Health Care Program is the first Health Care Apprenticeship more»

Christian Hans at NewsOn6.com reports six Oklahoma Universities will begin offering new Teacher Preparation Programs in August as part of a Statewide effort to strengthen Oklahoma’s Educator Workforce and create more pathways into the profession. The new programs include accelerated certification options for career changers and alternative more»

WorkBoat reports the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has awarded nearly $162 million through five cooperative agreements to expand Registered Apprenticeship Programs, with shipbuilding and the defense industrial base among the primary industries targeted for workforce growth. Administered by the USDOL's Employment and Training Administration, the more»

(SODDY-DAISY, TENNESSEE) – Hamilton County students will soon have expanded opportunities to prepare for careers in the Skilled Trades thanks to a new $9 million investment from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Chattanooga-Hamilton County is one of just nine communities selected for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ new $90 million national initiative designed more»

Matt Prysiazny at FOX 47 News reports the Ann Arbor (Michigan) Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Center receives up to 1,200 applicants annually for just 30 to 60 available slots, according to its Training Director. Electrician demand is rising, driven by data centers and new technology. Due to a number of constraints, including training space, staff more»

Anne Fischer at pv magazine reports the U.S. Solar Industry now supports more than 280,000 Workers, yet the Industry struggles to find an adequate number of qualified personnel to keep up with accelerated project timelines, according to the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (USEER) and the IREC National Solar Jobs Census. The study finds the Industry more»

April D. Lee at the Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls Press reports becoming an Electrician looks smarter as Artificial Intelligence (AI) changes office work and pushes more money into power-heavy infrastructure. The Trade offers strong pay, paid training routes and work that still requires human skill, judgment and hands-on problem-solving. A serious look at more»

A job-training model that launched North Carolina Workers straight into the Pharmaceutical Industry is coming to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley - and could be the blueprint for landing a career at Eli Lilly and Company’s new $3.5 billion plant. The Pharmaceutical Giant is building a massive Drug Production Facility in Upper Macungie Township more»

Warren Tennyson at KSNV-TV in Las Vegas reports 25 Southern Nevada teenagers are a step closer to careers in the Skilled Trades after completing this year’s Heavy Metal Summer Experience, a week-long, hands-on Training Program for youth age 15 to 19. The program, now in its third year, selected 25 students from a total of 119 applicants. Over five more»

Eloise Jones at Tech Times reports Fortune Magazine just republished its deep-dive on AI (Artificial Intelligence) infrastructure labor and the updated numbers hit harder than the original: the U.S. needs hundreds of thousands of Electricians, Plumbers and Construction Workers to build the data centers that make AI run - and it does not have them. Nvidia more»

Nobody grows up dreaming of spending their career fixing boilers or pulling wire through conduit, but a lot of people are leaving serious money on the table by overlooking those jobs - money that could be used to grow your wealth instead of servicing student loan debt. A persistent shortage of Skilled Trade Workers has pushed wages in some of the least more»

University Training Programs are helping build Nevada’s next generation of Agricultural Professionals and Farm Operators. While some Students are basking at the beach this Summer, others, such as University of Nevada, Reno Student Wyatt Diaz, are choosing to toil in the soil. Diaz is working at the University’s Desert Farming Initiative as part more»

Rayleigh Deaton at The South Bend Tribune reports that at 57 years old, Traci Nagy is going back to school. Nagy is in her first year of the Teacher Apprentice Program at South Bend Schools, which allows participants to earn their teaching degree on-line while working in a South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC) classroom. In Nagy's case, she more»

(VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS) -USA Truck has launched a new Military Apprenticeship Program, an initiative designed to provide robust civilian career pathways for personnel transitioning out of active-duty military service. The comprehensive, two-year career track specifically targets high-demand roles for Professional Drivers and Diesel Technicians. Through this more»

(BERKELEY, ILLINOIS) - Rowan University and Finishing Trades Institute of District Council (DC) 14 Chicago (FTICHI) have formalized a new academic partnership during a ceremonial signing ceremony at FTICHI’s Training Center in Berkeley, Illinois that creates a new educational pathway for Union Apprentices to earn a college degree in Construction more»

Ashley Soebroto at The Houston Chronicle reports Houston City College has received $17 million - its largest investment ever, to support career and technical education and get more high school students from across the region into Apprenticeships. Officials said the Gulf Coast TradeUp Careers initiative was designed to provide more support to students more»

Lettecha Johnson at The Bonner (Idaho) County Bee reports data center expansion, a thirst for clean energy and a wave of retiring Electrical Professionals are causing a huge demand for Electricians. A growing power demand in homes and commercial facilities requires more Electrical Professionals. Older Workers are retiring, but a shortage of existing more»

(RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA) – Wake Tech has launched North Carolina's first Community College Dental Assisting Apprenticeship Program in partnership with Lane & Associates Family Dentistry. The new pathway reflects Wake Tech's continued commitment to workforce development and innovative health sciences education. It expands Apprenticeship more»

Bruce Crumley at Inc. reports new data showing work for Skilled Workers - especially those supporting AI (Artificial Intelligence) use - has grown by triple digits, even as openings for recent college grads dry up. Compounding evidence is reinforcing suspicions that the post-WWII era of college degrees providing a ticket to higher-paying jobs may be coming more»

Daniel Donovan at Skillit Stacker reports that for decades, the dominant story about the Skilled Trades in America has been a story of decline: Shop class has disappeared from high schools; Career Counselors pushed four-year degrees; and Parents quietly steered kids away from work boots and toward laptops. The cultural script was simple: Trades were what more»

Aaron Barnhill at KFDM-TV reports on a new Shipfitter Apprenticeship Program in Port Arthur that is offering Southeast Texans a paid path into shipbuilding, combining college coursework with hands-on training. Gulf Copper’s Shipfitter Apprenticeship Program, which is certified by the U.S. Department of Labor, runs six semesters over 22 months - more»

Joe Ilardi at WBAL-TV reports Baltimore-based U.A. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 486 is planning to spend almost $30 million to transform a shuttered sports arena in White Marsh into a Training Center as its Apprenticeship enrollment grows. Local 486 will soon start work to convert the former Freestate Sports Arena on Allender Road. A holding company more»

(MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS) - Jessie Castellano at Patch reports Assabet Valley students are getting a closer look at highway construction through a State-funded training program. A total of 18 Assabet juniors from six Trade Programs participated in the Massachusetts Pre-Apprenticeship and Vocational School Training Program at the Marlborough School. The more»

Sebastian Mansilla at MiBolsilloColumbia reports that for years, Americans were told that a college diploma was the safest path to financial success. But today’s labor market is rapidly changing, and many Blue-Collar careers are offering extraordinary salaries without requiring a traditional University education. Across industries like energy, health more»

Maura Curran at Iowa Public Radio reports on a new program in Central Iowa will train people for a Trade Apprenticeship and preserve low-income homes. Participants in the Work That Improves Housing Program will go through residential and commercial training in construction. They’ll spend four months doing tasks like repairing low-income homes and more»

Ana Altchek at Business Insider reports Judy Marks, the CEO of Elevator Giant Otis, says there is a growing demand for skilled Elevator Mechanics - around the world. Otis offers an Apprenticeship Program, starting at age 18, and tuition perks for Workers. Elevator Mechanics can earn wages up to just under $159,000, according to the Bureau of Labor more»

Keith Loria at Construction Dive reports North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and Bechtel have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at modernizing Apprenticeship Programs for nuclear construction projects, including both traditional reactors and small modular reactors. The initiative comes as nuclear construction activity accelerates more»

KSNT in Topeka, Kansas reports the State of Kansas is gaining national recognition for its growing Apprenticeship Programs after being selected as one of 10 States participating in a new workforce initiative aimed at expanding career training opportunities across the country. The Apprenticeship America Program aims to help States grow Registered more»

Vermont Business Magazine reports aspiring Surgical Technologists have taken their first step into careers in Health Care during a celebration of an injection of Federal funding that will expand Health Care careers training across the State of Vermont. At the University of Vermont’s (UVM) Health’s IDX Campus in South Burlington, leaders from more»

Johathan Lopez at GMAuthority.com reports General Motors (GM) has announced a new $1 million investment in support of workforce development as part of a broader effort to strengthen Skilled Trades careers across its U.S. operations and surrounding communities. The announcement was made in conjunction with National Skilled Trades Day, with the Automaker also more»

Larry Rulison at The Albany Times Union reports NY Creates and Idaho-based Chipmaker Micron Technology have started a 16-month Apprenticeship Program in the Capital Region. The goal is that 70% of the participants will end up with jobs at Micron, which is planning to build several Memory Chip operations in the Syracuse Suburb of Clay. The program will be more»

Kevin Harris at hoodline Baltimore reports on Howard Community College’s (HCC) Cathy and Danny Bell Workforce Development and Trades Center, a 50,000-plus-square-foot complex built with one goal in mind: To move local residents straight into skilled-trade jobs. Students who will be welcomed in the Fall will find hands-on labs for automotive, welding, more»

Cris Tolomia at Quartz reports a new on-line resource for building Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills in the workplace is now available, after the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) unveiled the AI in Registered Apprenticeship Innovation Portal. Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling called the portal "a major step forward in preparing the American more»

Jefferson Community College in Watertown, New York is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week by showcasing its role in the State of New York (SUNY) Apprenticeship Program, which aims to address New York’s workforce needs. Through partnerships with regional employers, JCC offers Registered Apprenticeships that combine paid training and classroom more»

Education Reporter Tim Tooten at WBAL-TV in Baltimore reports from Lansdowne, Maryland that as the economy rebounds both in Maryland and across the Nation, there's become a need for more skilled Workers, which includes the field of Voice-Data-Video. Workers in Baltimore City are being trained through a popular Job Apprenticeship Program. It turns out the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and Microsoft have announced an expanded partnership to support a strong workforce pipeline and help Workers across North America build the skills needed to succeed in an AI (Artificial Intelligence)-powered economy. Building on a partnership that has already trained 1,500 Instructors in more»

Noah Bond at KOLO-TV reports From Reno, Nevada that Laborers Local 169 is ramping up training efforts to prepare Workers for a major solar project near Yerington that will bring hundreds of jobs to the region. Local 169 is seeking between 200 and 300 Workers for the Libra Sol Project, a large-scale solar field spanning 4,000 acres. The positions offer more»

Karen Juanita Carrillo at The New York Amsterdam News reports on the third annual Union & Apprenticeship Fair that was held last week at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The event provided New Yorkers with access to stable, well-paying, Skilled Trades and Industrial-Union careers. The Fair gave those in attendance a chance to connect with Union Recruiters from more»