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John Colburn, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America, sits down with award-winning journalist, Ramona Schindelheim, to discuss the benefits that forward-thinking employers receive from investing in apprenticeships instead of relying solely on traditional hiring or short-term courses. It discusses the different approaches (registered apprenticeships, apprentice-style models like SCSEP, etc) that employers can take and how they can help organizations build skilled talent pipelines and capitalize on their five-generation workforce.
This interview is the first in a 4-part series.
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Meet our Speakers
John Colborn
John Colborn is the Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America, a membership and advocacy organization working to expand apprenticeship in the United States. He has served as an employer sponsor and developer of apprenticeship programs in information technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and social services.
John has amassed over 30 years of experience with community-based and national nonprofits, including serving as an education, workforce, and human services practitioner, Director of the Aspen Institute Skills for America’s Future program, Vice President Operations at the Ford Foundation, and program manager at the Philadelphia-based Reinvestment Fund.
Colborn holds a BA from Oberlin College and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ramona Schindelheim
Ramona Schindelheim is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist and storyteller who has worked in network, cable, and local television news and digital media. She writes about initiatives, programs, and people preparing workers for quality jobs that provide economic stability and mobility in her monthly LinkedIn newsletter, The Future of Work(ers). Ramona also hosts Birds & Nerds, a podcast exploring the sometimes hidden connection between birds and the bigger world around us. You can connect with Ramona through LinkedIn, her website, and her Birds & Nerds podcast.
