White House Green-lights Tech Apprenticeship Program

theodp writes: The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) says a $3.5 million U.S. Dept. of Labor grant will help it create a registered apprenticeship program that aims to train 600 people over the next five years. Participants would pay tuition for 3-4 months of pre-apprenticeship training and then be placed with an employer such as Microsoft, Accenture, F5 Networks, or Impinj for a paid apprenticeship lasting 12-18 month, which organizers hope will lead to a permanent position. Candidates will begin with a series of assessments to gauge their potential to learn computer science fundamentals. For those who pass the WTIA's tech skills assessment, next is a pre-apprenticeship training, which is estimated to cost between $5,000 and $10,000 per person. The training will follow existing certificate programs, such as those developed by Microsoft for military veterans transitioning to new careers in tech. The Get in I.T. Apprenticeship program, the White House explains, "will target recruiting women, people of color, and transitioning military members."

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We'll this sucks

[rsilvergun]

Tuition? Back in my day we called that training and the company paid you.

Re:So, no seats in the program for me

[AmiMoJo]

If you read the fine print it's open to everyone, including white males. They are just making a specific effort to attract people from the groups mentioned, probably because experience tells them that most applicants will be white and male and they want more representative levels of diversity.