Apprenticeships

Hi all, I've been doing these reddit posts every year for those who are interested in the Google Apprenticeships to come together and talk about their experience with applying and give words of encouragement! I went back to read everyone's response last year and I'm so happy to see that we have all

Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

Everyone talks about to get into trades etc via an apprenticeship. And I hear that and I agree. But how is that an option for someone in his 30s with cost of living and rent? Like without any financial support for parents. You have to barely survive for 2-4 years with the apprenticeship salaries.

The Apprenticeship Levy is a UK tax on employers which is used to fund apprenticeship training.

Seems like the only way someone can get a job that isn't unskilled is an apprenticeship unless they get above a 2:1 from a Russel group uni or studied a vocational degree. I was chatting to a girl I matched with and after graduating she did a 3 month unpaid internship and then a 1 year long apprenti

Apprenticeships are part of Germany's dual education system, and as such form an integral part of many people's working life.

Additionally, did you have any specific challenges or obstacles you faced during your own apprenticeship, and how did you overcome them?

An apprenticeship degree is a U.S. postsecondary system that integrates on-the-job training with an accredited academic degree.

Apprenticeship programs in the United States are regulated by the Smith–Hughes Act (1917), The National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), and National Apprenticeship Act, also known as the "Fitzgerald Act." The number of American apprentices has increased from 375,000 in 2014 to 500,000 in 2016, while