Digital apprenticeships can benefit companies and employees alike, addressing the IT skills gap and smoothing the onboarding process.
The UK’s issues with IT skills and productivity are well-documented and one potential solution can be found in digital apprenticeships. As a lever of long-term investment in one’s workforce, apprenticeships are seen as one of the keys to unlocking the untapped potential of young people.
Digital apprenticeships combine learning with a paid job within the tech sector, often with the promise of a full-time position at the end of a fixed apprenticeship term. Though young workers are often those filling digital apprentice positions, there’s no age limit so it’s a salaried training avenue open to anyone wanting to enter the tech sector.
Recent research from BCS, The Chartered Insitute for IT and UCAS cites a 10% rise in learners opting for digital apprenticeships and explicitly links this rise with surging interest in AI. New government-backed apprenticeship schemes, such as the AI Data Specialist apprenticeship, help train applicants to work with algorithms and data science. As firms respond to the rise of generative AI and look to upskill staff to address the AI skills gap, leaders could harness the link between AI interest and digital apprenticeships to address two problems at once.
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