Apprenticeship
programs
Apprenticeship
programs
The National Cybersecurity/IT
120-Day Sprint
ACDS, the Arkansas Office of Skills Development (OSD), Forge Institute, and the Arkansas Department of Education are proud to join other partners across the state and nation to shine the spotlight on the talent shortage among cybersecurity and other information technology/cyber positions.
The 120-Day Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Sprint is a national campaign led by the U.S. Department of Labor in partnership with the White House and the U.S. Department of Commerce, and other federal agencies to encourage employers, industry associations, labor unions, and training providers to explore Registered Apprenticeship as a recruitment, training, and retention strategy.
To encourage employers and career seekers to learn more throughout this campaign about the impact and need for IT talent and the full spectrum of available pathways, including Registered Apprenticeships, we've provided campaign goals and metrics, key events, resources, partner links, and more.
What is an Apprenticeship?
A registered apprenticeship is an employer-driven model that combines on-the-job learning with related classroom instruction that increases an apprentice’s skill level and wages.
Getting Started in IT
Whether you choose a 4-year or 2-year institution, a bootcamp, an internship, or an apprenticeship, there are many pathways into IT. Here are some valuable tips to help you get started.
IT Job Search Tips
Discover tips and resources that will help you in your IT job search. Resume helps, networking groups, training resources, and more will give you more of the tools you need.
Campaign Goals
1. Increase awareness of current successful cybersecurity-related Registered Apprenticeship programs, partnerships, and initiatives and how they’re helping industry educate and train a skilled cybersecurity workforce to reduce cybersecurity risk.
2. Advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) across cybersecurity occupations through Registered Apprenticeship, especially for historically underrepresented populations such as women and communities of color.
3. Educate the public on the efforts the Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship is taking to accelerate the process by helping employers to launch programs in as little as 48 hours by using existing industry vetted and DOL- approved standards.
4. Recruit employers to explore Registered Apprenticeship and partner with DOL and the Department of Commerce’s National Initiative for cybersecurity Education (NICE) to help meet critical Cybersecurity workforce needs of the Nation; and
5. Connect career seekers to cybersecurity apprenticeship opportunities.
Campaign Results
2022 National Apprenticeship Week Key Events
Monday, November 14th
120-Day Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Sprint Celebration
Virtual Statewide: 2 to 3 p.m.
Industry: Cybersecurity / Information Technology
Tuesday, November 15th
Rural LISC & TPM: Thomas P. Miller and Associates
Little Rock: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Industry: Multiple
Building the Workforce Pipeline: Upgrading Arkansas’s Telecommunications Talent Pool
Forest City: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Industry: Broadband
Arkansas Data Science & Computing Ecosystem Webinar
Virtual: 3 to 3:30 p.m.
Industry: Information Technology
National Apprenticeship Week Dinner
Hot Springs: 6 p.m.
Industry: Heartland Forward
Paragould Local Electrical Apprenticeship Appreciation Night
Paragould: 6 p.m.
Industry: Electric
Wednesday, November 16th
Focus on Pre-Apprenticeship
Virtual: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing, Construction, and Healthcare
Shiloh Technologies - Tour and Apprentice Celebration
Private: 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Industry: Information Technology
National Park College's Apprenticeship Educator Forum
Hot Springs: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Industry: National Parks
ACDS-WORC Grant: "Scale Up and Scale Out - 5 Counties"
Virtual: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Industry: Information Technology
Cybersecurity Youth Apprenticeship Initiative
Twitter: 1 to 2 p.m.
Industry: Information Technology
Embedding Equity in Your Registered Apprenticeship
Virtual: 2 to 3 p.m.
Industry: Workforce Services
Thursday, November 17th
Closing the Skills Gap & Growing the Tech Workforce in Arkansas
Virtual Statewide: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Industry: Information Technology
Women in Tech Panel
Virtual: 1 to 1:45 p.m.
Industry: Information Technology
A Day in the Life of a Nurse Apprentice Webinar
Virtual: 11 to 11:45 a.m.
Industry: Healthcare
Arkansas / Oklahoma Carpenters & Millwrights Training Center Open House
Russellville: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Industry: Construction
Friday, November 18th
Walmart Graduation
Private
Industry: Information Technology
J.B. Hunt E&T Apprenticeship Completion Luncheon
Private
Industry: Information Technology
Employers: Learn more about the 120-Day Sprint, by contacting us using the form below.