LinkedIn is training food truck workers, teachers and athletes to fill the tech talent gap

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Since 2017, LinkedIn has launched three apprenticeship programs designed to bring non-traditional workers into its engineering, sales and recruiting ranks.

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At the same time, there's an increasing number of ways for people to learn programming skills, whether through a host of online courses or from coding bootcamps, which have produced more than 15,000 graduates a year in the U.S. since 2015, according to"We want to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce," said Brendan Browne, LinkedIn's vice president of global talent acquisition, in an interview.

Despite his initial struggles, Torrendell didn't quit on Reach, a multi-year program. He bought himself a massive whiteboard and drew out every step of the process he needed to code to finish the project until it all finally clicked. There are currently 36 people going through the Reach program. Of the 29 graduates, 15 are software engineers at LinkedIn, the company said. Another works for the company in product operations and two moved to technical program manager roles atLinkedIn said it hired the 28 apprentices who went through its Unlock program, though four have pursued non-sales roles.

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Joe Kernen should retire. He’s a fossil!

Wow training, did I hear training? That’s what companies used to do all the time. It was priced into the costs of goods and services. But then we adopted globalization which gutted training programs in exchange for profits.

There is no talent gap in US. Universities are full of talent. Another fake news item.

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