Why your business should have an apprentice program - That Conference 2015

Good talent is hard to find. What if your business grew new talent from within rather than hiring on the open market?

There are two types of companies—talent consumers and talent producers. Sparkbox believes that being a talent producer is a more sustainable path for the future. Running an apprenticeship program for the last four years, we've had some amazing results. Apprenticeships are a great way for a company to give back to the industry while still adding to the bottom line and plan for the future.

During our session, I will share how we run our apprenticeship, our mistakes, and our successes.

Transcript

1. Rob Harr WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM @robertharr
4. Giant Disclaimer!
8. I am in the talent business.
10. APPRENTICESHIPS
11. Survey time.
12. Everyone is trying to hire.
13. WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM STORY TIME
21. WHAT I LEARNED WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
22. People are our biggest asset.
23. 2 kinds of Companies: Talent Producers Talent Consumers
24. There are seasons for all things.
25. Always planning for the future.
26. THE BASICS WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
27. APPRENTICESHIPS
28. 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.
29. Traditional Education
31. APPRENTICESHIP GUIDELINES WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
32. Paid
33. Focused on Learning
34. January February March April May June July 6 Months
35. 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
36. https://github.com/sparkbox/apprenticeships
38. Part of the Team & Intentional Mentoring
39. A A A
40. A A A
41. A A A
42. A A A
43. Regular Pairing
44. It takes a village
45. January February March April May June July Monthly Reviews
46. Soft Skills
48. APPRENTICESHIPS AT SPARKBOX WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
49. April January February March December November October Call for apprentices & Interviews Selections Made Apprenticeship starts Move to Dayton Homework Timeline September August
50. Our Goal To have everyone be a solid beginner.
51. 4 years with 100% Placement
52. BUSINESS ROI WHY YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM
53. 30%
54. 50,000 @ 30% = $15,000
55. 3 Months for new Employees
56. Reduces the business risk.
57. The wrong hire is really expensive.
58. Newly trained potential hires every summer.
59. Investing in your people
61. Investing in your community
62. Inwardly Focused
63. APPRENTICESHIPS
64. “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
65. Changing peoples lives
66. Our long term business plan is to have happy, healthy, well adjusted humans and families.
68. Looking to collect information about apprenticeships.
69. http://apprentice.at
70. For 2016 apply now. http://seesparkbox.com/foundry/be_a_2016_sparkbox_apprentice
71. Want more? Businessology Podcast BizCraft Podcast Unmatched Style How Design Live Madison Ruby Digital PM Summit
73. QUESTIONS?
74. THANKS! @robertharr rob@heysparkbox.com