The Options Multiplier
Description
This white paper from The Project on Workforce at Harvard explores key drivers of apprentice retention and completion for CareerWise Colorado’s first two cohorts, which started their earning and learning journeys in 2017 and 2018. It also examines applicant outcomes from Colorado’s 2019 apprentice hiring cycles.
The Project on Workforce’s research sheds light on questions central to the refinement, growth and, ultimately, scale of CareerWise’s youth apprenticeship model: what levers can intermediaries pull to encourage youth to persist in apprenticeship, and to complete? How can we ensure that socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity are not predictive of entrance into apprenticeship, retention or completion? Are some occupations more conducive to apprentice success than others?