Workforce Ready

An Employer’s Guide to Youth and Adult Registered Apprenticeships

Youth and adult apprenticeships offer employers a powerful workforce development strategy to cultivate the next generation of skilled workers while addressing current and future workforce needs. This guide is designed to help employers understand the fundamentals of apprenticeship programs and the many advantages they offer—from developing a loyal and productive talent pipeline to reducing recruitment costs and improving workforce diversity.

Employers will find practical steps to launch or expand an apprenticeship program, including how to identify suitable roles, connect with education partners, and ensure program quality. The guide also highlights success stories and available resources to streamline implementation.

Whether you’re a small business or a large enterprise, investing in apprenticeships can yield measurable returns. This guide is your roadmap to building a stronger, more sustainable workforce—starting today.

Please read the report below to see supporting data, complete findings, recommendations and highlighted best practices.

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New Ways to Work

New Ways to Work

For over five decades, New Ways to Work has effectively provided technical assistance and capacity building with people and organizations across the country to help communities better prepare youth and young adults for bright futures. New Ways draws on a history of building systems that support transitions for the economically disadvantaged, those in foster care or engaged in the criminal justice system, those with disabilities or those who are simply out-of-work and out-of-school and need better opportunities to succeed.