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The Apprenticeship Playbook podcast.


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Ready to revolutionize your hiring process and unlock the full potential of skills-based hiring? Book a 1:1 consultation with Mike Roberts, creator of The Apprenticeship Playbook, and discover how modern apprenticeships can transform your workforce. Get personalized insights, tailored strategies, and actionable steps to implement a skills-first approach in your organization. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and realize the incredible benefits of hiring based on talent and potential. Schedule your session now and start shaping the future of work!

About the Host

AUTHOR & SPEAKER Mike Roberts is a tech workforce development subject matter expert specializing in work-based learning and skills-based hiring strategies. He's building the playbook for technologists through company-driven earn-and-learn pathways. Mike discovers and invests in people that are A-players, future engineering leaders, CTOs, CIOs, and co-founders.

While other folks are launching internships, Mike is the "Billy Beane" of tech talent, developing farm systems with proven ROI that produce talent, slash turnover, and deliver your most valuable asset: amazing talent that wants to work for YOU forever.

Mike works with companies like eBay, ServiceNow, Microsoft, Google, IBM/RedHat, Apple, WalmartLabs, Sony, AWS, Facebook, Deloitte, Trust&Will, and many more of the brands you know and love, building high-performance engineering teams out of often-overlooked talent.