55. Are apprenticeships the solution to solve the skills gap?

Talent Savvy

In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Akbar Karenga and Giles Symonds talk about apprenticeships and how they might be used to close the skills gap. We talk about the differences in government support for them, the UK has a paid scheme where companies get reimbursed for some of the costs, and how this actually seems to sometimes lead to bad outcomes for the quality of the apprenticeship. Some companies use them as cheap labor, something that it's not meant for of course.

The great thing about the UK form of apprenticeships is that the qualifications are credentialed, so apprentices can show they had official training that is at an equal level with the formal training.

It's clear that apprenticeships have a much bigger and formal history in the UK than in most other countries. So many TA professional not from the UK can learn from it and see the potential pitfalls and potential oppertunities.

The article we reference in the podcast is: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63762317?fbclid=IwAR3U82fuOlZBNB9NZA2CIRIWe8bU6FZMcZ53xbI9fXshYEJUQkLmAvjPPFg