Chicago Apprentice Network

What a celebration we had at Accenture Tower to celebrate the Chicago Apprentice Network hitting a milestone of creating 2,000 Apprenticeships in the Chicagoland area, as well as the model being taken across the country creating almost 5,000 Apprenticeships in 10 Apprentice Networks! It takes a village to pull off a successful public – private partnership like this one and we have incredible villagers including Employers opening their recruiting doors wider, Educational Institutions and Non-Profits providing incredible skilling to our Chicagoland community and our Civic Community helping to amplify the message that talent is equally distributed and opportunity is not… Apprenticeship programs help to equally distribute that opportunity to every zip code. It was an honor to hear from the Beth Marrion, Lester Knight Aon Board Chairman, Kristof Terryn North America CEO, Brent Parton Principal at the U.S. Department of Labor and most importantly… Accenture, Aon and Zurich Apprentice Graduates! Special thanks to Daniel Serota and Michael Chiappetta for keeping all the Apprentice trains running on time over the years. If you weren’t at the event and would like to see a replay, follow the link here to watch the excitement from the day! https://lnkd.in/g4zgA727

Today, the Chicago Apprentice Network celebrated an exciting milestone at Accenture Tower, marking the success of over 2,000 apprentices and 140 employers since its launch by Aon, Accenture, and Zurich North America in 2017! Brent Parton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor, was the Keynote Speaker. We also heard inspiring messages from top leaders and apprentices at Aon, Accenture, and Zurich North America, including: ?? Lester B. Knight, Chair of the Board of Directors at Aon ?? Kristof Terryn, Chief Executive Officer at Zurich North America ?? Aaron Henry, IT Apprentice at Zurich North America and Apprenticeship Illinois Ambassador ?? Gabriela Caballero, Apprentice Alumni and Enterprise Workforce Business Process Specialist at Aon, U.S. Department of Labor Apprentice Trailblazer, and Chicago Apprentice Network Ambassador Julio Rodriguez, Deputy Director of the Office of Employment and Training at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, was honored to receive recognition for the State of Illinois' support through public-private partnerships. Joining the celebration were the Chicago Apprentice Network co-founders and continued champions: ?? Daniel Serota, Vice President of Government and Public Affairs at Aon and Chair of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board Apprenticeship Illinois Committee ?? Al Crook, Head of HR Business Partners and Apprenticeship at Zurich North America and Illinois Workforce Innovation Board Apprenticeship Illinois Committee Member ?? Michael Chiappetta, Director of Chicago Market Development at Accenture Shantenae Robinson, Jennifer Foil #ApprenticeshipIL #ApprenticeshipUSA #ApprenticeshipWorks #RegisteredApprenticeship #WorkforceDevelopment #Illinois

Following National Apprenticeship Week last month, Business Roundtable today released a case study on the success of its Chicago Apprentice Network (CAN), titled “Scaling and Replicating a Successful Apprentice Network Model.” Launched in 2017, the CAN is a network of Chicago-area companies working with community organizations to support professional advancement through apprenticeships. The network’s success sparked an expansion to other regions of the country, with a newly launched Southern California region last month marking the 10th apprenticeship network. Learn more and read the full case study here ? #NationalApprenticeshipWeek #NAW2023 #WorkforceDevelopment