Why Your Business should have an Apprentice Program - Converge SE 2015

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1. Rob Harr WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM @robertharr
3. Giant Disclaimer!
4. Hello!!
7. I am in the talent business.
9. APPRENTICESHIPS
10. Survey time.
11. Everyone is trying to hire.
12. WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM STORY TIME
14. 2011
20. WHAT I LEARNED WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
21. People are our biggest asset.
22. 2 kinds of Companies: Talent Producers Talent Consumers
23. There are seasons for all things.
24. Always planning for the future.
25. THE BASICS WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
26. APPRENTICESHIPS
27. ap·pren·tice : a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.
28. Traditional Education
30. APPRENTICESHIP GUIDELINES WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
31. Paid
32. Focused on Learning
33. January February March April May June July 6 Months
34. January February March April May June July Phase 1: Source Control and Programming Basics Phase 2: Frontend Development: Markup, Style, Interaction, and Preprocessing Phase 3: MVC Frameworks, Databases, and Personal Projects
35. https://github.com/sparkbox/apprenticeships
37. Part of the Team & Intentional Mentoring
38. A A A
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42. Regular Pairing
43. It takes a village
44. January February March April May June July Monthly Reviews
45. Soft Skills
47. APPRENTICESHIPS AT SPARKBOX WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
48. January February March December November October Call for apprentices & Interviews Selections Made Apprenticeship starts Move to Dayton Homework Timeline
49. Our Goal To have everyone be a solid beginner.
50. 4 years with 100% Placement
51. BUSINESS ROI WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
52. 30%
53. 50,000 @ 30% = $15,000
54. 3 Months for new Employees
55. Reduces the business risk.
56. The wrong hire is really expensive.
57. Newly trained potential hires every summer.
58. Investing in your people
60. Investing in your community
61. Inwardly Focused
62. APPRENTICESHIPS
63. “Even the second-hand smoke I inhale while working at Sparkbox is enough to blow my mind and make it more than worth being here.” Neil Renicker
64. Changing peoples lives
65. Our long term business plan is to have happy, healthy, well adjusted humans and families.
67. Looking to collect information about apprenticeships.
68. Want more? Businessology Podcast BizCraft Podcast Unmatched Style How Design Live
69. QUESTIONS?
70. THANKS! @robertharr rob@heysparkbox.com