Posted on 06/17/2017 12:21:18 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Indian-American CEOs Indra Nooyi of Pepsico and Ajay Banga of Mastercard along with India's IT major Wipro on Saturday joined scores of US companies in welcoming President Donald Trump's ambitious apprenticeship programme aimed at developing job-related skills among the workforce. .
. "We applaud the president's commitment to industry-driven apprenticeships as a powerful tool to build the skilled workforce prepared for the jobs of the 21st century," Business Roundtable -- a group of chief executive officers of leading US companies -- said in a full-page advertisement released in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times today. .
. Abidali Neemuchwala from Wipro Limited is the only Indian company to have signed on this advertisement. .
. Several Indian-American CEOs including Nooyi, Banga also signed on this advertisement supporting Trump's initiative.
Ajita Rajendra from A O Smith Corporation, Ashok Vemuri from Conduent Incorporated, Dinesh C Paliwal from Harman International Industries, Bhavesh V Patel from Lyondell Basell Industries have also signed.
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. Besides, the advertisement was signed by scores of US companies including American Airlines, Caterpillar, General Motors, General Electrics and Verizon. .
. "America needs a strong, skilled workforce to drive job creation and ensure future economic growth. America's business leaders are encouraged by the administration's focus on building a 21st century workforce and welcome president Trump's commitment to expand and improve apprenticeship opportunities in the US," said Wes Bush, chairman, CEO and president of Northrop Grumman corporation and chair of the Business Roundtable Education and Workforce Committee.
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. "Work-and-learn models, including internships and apprenticeships, are powerful tools to close the skills gap and meet our nation's workforce needs. We support the president's challenge and look forward to partnering with government at every level as we work together to rebuild the pipeline that generates top talent," he added
I still don’t understand, what are the regulations that were removed to make this possible or easier? I wouldn’t think it would involve going below the minimum wage and don’t know otherwise what it is taking the government to change.
>> I wouldn’t think it would involve going below the minimum wage
Northrup Grumman isn’t searching for manual labor.
So what is it? We’d be hearing about it if it was union rules.
Engineering.
I’ve known student engineers to work for a company for months at a time, while doing internships as part of their undergraduate degree at Northeastern.
I mean, they still have to have an actual engineer oversea or sign off on their work.
Are you just guessing?
Interesting, I had thought I had expressly read that the program wasn’t based on funding, but according to this USA Today article that’s pretty much the entirety of it:
I had just read about all the job training programs they were defunding, so I guess they are really redirecting the funding under this “apprenticeship” umbrella or heading.
Internships and apprenticeships are nothing new. It is how it was done years ago. Still done in Germany and Switzerland. Works.
The left doesn’t want it because it works.
At one time in my working days I ventured into the field of “personnel recruiting”, most of my clients being industrial, manufacturing firms. I found that it was easiest to place opportunities for potential candidates in those companies IF the candidates came with some type of a technical skill or background. College graduates were a dime a dozen, most having little or sero prior work experience. I firmly believe that individuals who pursue a “technical” degree of some type, upon graduating will have very little difficulty finding employment. Additional related work experience is a big plus.
>> Are you just guessing?
An educated guess based on past experiences.
FWIW, I think the value of foreign labor is the exception. As a matter of practicality, homegrown labor is ordinarily more effective for reasons of culture and language alone.
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