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#ICYDK: How do you know which applications you should build integrations into and which ones you should use an integration platform?

It’s easy for an integration platform to provide the answer of always, but that may not be the best answer for your specific situation. Some applications require an afternoon pizza with your team, while others require pizza teams of experts from a global service integrator. However, there are thousands of applications in between where you’re not sure what it takes to be successful. Here are 8 questions that you can use to see when it is ideal for your organization to leverage an integration platform. https://goo.gl/9q6eiC

“The Federal Resources Playbook for Registered Apprenticeship”

This guide from the Employment and Training Administration provides information for employers, labor unions, apprenticeship sponsors and other organizations on how to access federal apprenticeship funds and resources.

“A Quick-Start Toolkit: Building Registered Apprenticeship Programs”

This toolkit provides steps and resources to start and register an apprenticeship program, from exploring the apprenticeship model as a workforce strategy to launching a new program.

Techtonica

This nonprofit offers six-month tech apprenticeships with stipends and laptops to Bay Area women and nonbinary adults with low incomes, then places graduates with sponsor companies for at least three months of full-time work.

LaunchCode

This nonprofit tech apprenticeship organization provides training for nontraditional tech candidates and matches trainees with paid apprenticeships at local companies.

Mined Minds

This nonprofit coding bootcamp in Pennsylvania provides former coal miners with coding and computer software training.

“Supporting Community College Delivery of Apprenticeships”

This is a report from JFF, the national workforce and education nonprofit, on community college involvement in apprenticeship programs.

This story was originally published as a sidebar to the story “Fill Your Own Tech Talent Pool.”

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For companies that don’t have the resources to launch their own homegrown apprenticeship programs or corporate universities, there are many community and government organizations that can help. “You don’t need to build your program from scratch,” said Angela Hanks, director of the workforce development policy center for the Center for American Progress. “There are resources out there to help you get started.”

In 2015 former President Barack Obama awarded $175 million in apprenticeship grants, and President Donald Trump has continued the program, including specific funds for tech apprenticeship programs, said Hanks. Companies can access these funds through partnerships with community colleges and organizations targeting people facing barriers to employment.

There are also a new crop of nonprofit organizations, like LaunchCode, a nonprofit technology training and apprenticeship company, that provide free software development training, then match candidates with local businesses who hire graduates as apprentices and provide continued on-the-job training.

“Apprentices can be a great fit for a business, especially if someone is going through a career shift,” said Chris Bay, vice president of education for LaunchCode. “They know how to work and often have intimate knowledge of a specific field, they just need support to develop new skills.”

Such partnerships can be a good fit for small and midsized firms that aren’t sure how to select or train nontraditional candidates but want to expand their hiring and are willing to mentor them into a role. “You can’t expect full productivity from day one,” Bay said. “But you can expect an apprentice to work hard and to demonstrate a willingness to learn every day.”

This story was originally published as a sidebar to the story “Fill Your Own Tech Talent Pool.”

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