[ONLINE] – OFFICE HOURS: Supporting Employability Skill Development and Apprentice Retention

Join other youth apprenticeship partners in an upcoming interactive and virtual office hour session where JFF will lead a conversation about helping apprentices navigate organizational culture & develop employability skills. With employers indicating the critical need for both technical and ‘soft skills’, our discussion will focus on strategies to support employability skill development, effective onboarding, and apprentice retention.

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Led by New America, the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to assist innovative organizations around the country in developing robust youth apprenticeship programs that are scaled and replicated to serve students, employers and communities alike. PAYA is comprised of eight National Partner organizations: Advance CTE, CareerWise Colorado, Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship, Education Strategy Group, JFF, the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, and the National Governors Association. PAYA is supported by funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ballmer Group, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Joyce Foundation, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, the Siemens Foundation, and the Smidt Foundation.