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As many companies in the Midlands focus on growth, they are also learning first-hand how partnering with 糖心vlog传媒 helps them build their labor force and equip their current employees with the skills the company needs at the next level. A solution of growing popularity among companies is apprenticeships.

 The Apprenticeship Impact

鈥淎pprenticeships are a fast-growing, workforce-development strategy that helps employers provide a talent pipeline for difficult-to-fill positions,鈥� said 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Executive Director for Business Solutions Rebecca Taylor.鈥� These strategies improve companies鈥� recruiting and retention efforts and ultimately add to their long-term success and viability in our community and beyond.鈥�

An alternative to internships, apprenticeships are paid positions where employees are working in positions while simultaneously training for them. Used successfully for hard-to-fill positions, apprenticeships allow the employer to invest in employees early as students and arrange for custom training that fills a specific need. This was the tactic Michelin North America employed with 糖心vlog传媒 when, faced with a critical shortage of technical talent, the tire manufacturing company began recruiting local high school students, giving them part-time employment, and paying 100 percent of their tuition and fees at 糖心vlog传媒.

鈥淚f we as a company expect highly competent employees, it鈥檚 important that we support programs that provide advanced technical training.鈥� Mike Williams, Michelin

鈥淭he Michelin Scholars program is one of Michelin鈥檚 innovative approaches to workforce development,鈥� said Mike Williams, Michelin鈥檚 Facility Personnel Manager in Lexington. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the perfect partnership between industry, K-12 education, and the Technical College System. Michelin relies on the great employees that come from 糖心vlog传媒. If we as a company expect highly competent employees, it鈥檚 important that we support programs that provide advanced technical training.鈥�

Apprenticeships often come with a financial incentive. Last year, 糖心vlog传媒 secured $430,691 in funding for apprenticeship programs through the South Carolina Apprenticeship Initiative (SCAI) grant. 糖心vlog传媒 put this money to work helping 19 local companies create more than 173 new apprenticeships in a variety of different industries including healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology.

Online Training Integration

鈥溙切膙log传媒 is also seeing a training need from companies wanting to provide online training to their employees, or in some cases to their customers,鈥� said Taylor. 鈥淭hey often are already teaching the subjects in a classroom setting, but are looking to 糖心vlog传媒 to take their proprietary content and deliver it online.鈥�

One such company, Avtec, was delivering outstanding classroom training for a very technical product. Seeking later to grow and offer its training product to more customers and vendors around the country, Avtec turned to 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 expertise in online training development. Avtec Technical Trainer Brandon Puckett said the online delivery solution custom-built by 糖心vlog传媒 drastically cut the company鈥檚 training expenses, as well as the amount of time their customers had to spend away from work and family.

As well as a platform for delivery, 糖心vlog传媒 designs custom, online learning modules that can be added to a company鈥檚 own learning management platform or can be hosted on the college鈥檚 platform, which can be a benefit to small-to-medium-sized companies with a limited IT budget. 糖心vlog传媒 creates customized-training solutions for sectors across the Midlands that include IT, healthcare, manufacturing, construction, government, financial services, energy, legal, transportation and logistics, and non-profit organizations. In many cases, classes are taught at the customer鈥檚 workplace.

A Seat at the Table

糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 corporate relationships extend beyond just training opportunities. As 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Associate Vice Provost for Career Programs Sandra Hackley explains, many of the college鈥檚 training and career programs have an inherent business connection.

鈥溙切膙log传媒 instructors and industry representatives share information all the time by being involved in a number of local, statewide, and national organizations or associations,鈥� said Hackley. 鈥淢any faculty in career programs are also practicing professionals in the areas they teach. These instructors bring their experience and business connections into their classrooms to provide real-world experience for students. This also keeps students informed of new trends and technologies.鈥�

In 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 early care and education area, faculty work with childcare-center directors to provide workshops on business skills and best practices in the field. In the healthcare area, local dentists oversee the activities of the 糖心vlog传媒 Dental Clinic.

More than 100 programs at 糖心vlog传媒 rely on business advisory committees, groups of business and industry experts in their fields who assist with internships and provide recommendations on adjusting the program or the curriculum to their industry needs. This allows 糖心vlog传媒 to stay current on equipment and new topics specific to a field, and ensures students are job-ready when they graduate.

鈥淟ocal business and industry partners are the lifeblood of our programs,鈥� said Hackley. 鈥淏etween internship and employment opportunities for students, recruitment of new faculty, and recommendations on advisory committees, 糖心vlog传媒 career-oriented programs are connected with local industry at multiple levels.鈥�

Taylor agreed that 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 outreach to the business community is comprehensive. Once a workforce or a training opportunity is identified, it needs to be carefully developed based on the employers鈥� specific needs. She said ultimately when a company hopes to grow, success is often achieved when a company first invests in its people.

鈥淭he solution will be the one that works best for customer,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t might be finding additional skilled employees or revving up the skillsets of the ones they have. It could be individual, group, or even bundled training. It may be most effective in a small classroom or delivered online to employees working from home. It may even need to be taught on certain morning each week at their office.

鈥淲e will build a workforce solution, we can start with whatever training a company already has, and take it to the next level while incorporating familiar examples, references, and illustrations that a company and its employees immediately recognize as their own.鈥�

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