NexusLA and Louisiana Technology Park announce an event to honor the first cohort of apprentices in the Apprenti™ program on Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:30 AM. East Baton Rouge Parish/City of Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome will attend to declare the week of November 11-17 Registered Technology Apprenticeship Week. November 11-17, 2019 is also the 5th Annual National Apprenticeship Week, declared by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Apprenti is the only technology industry apprenticeship program registered with Louisiana Workforce Commission, the state’s Department of Labor, and also with the U.S. Department of Labor. The program focuses on recruiting under-represented groups including women, minorities, and veterans. Apprenti helps bridge the skills and diversity gap while providing urgently needed talent to the state's high-wage tech sector, and is available in 12 states nationally.

On November 8, NexusLA will honor the first cohort of 10 Cybersecurity Analyst apprentices in the Apprenti program. Each apprentice receives up to five months of full-time, industry recognized technical training, with stackable and portable certifications, and then commences a one-year paid on-the-job-training at NexusLA hiring partners. The first cohort of Cybersecurity Analyst apprentices are apprenticing at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, EATEL Business, General Informatics, Trace Security, and Transformyx. NexusLA can offer other types of apprenticeships for occupations including software developer, network security administrator, cloud operations specialist, systems administrator, and IT business analyst.

Each apprentice will be honored by the Mayor at the event with a pinning ceremony, celebrating this first wave of the hundreds of Louisiana apprentices that will start work over the next few years.

Mayor’s Proclamation

Date: Friday, November 8, 2019

Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: Louisiana Technology Park, 7117 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Parking: Free and plenty of availability

Apprenti LA is currently recruiting and planning the 2nd cohort of IT Support Professional apprentices to begin 12 weeks of industry recognized technical training in January 2020, followed by a one-year paid on-the-job training at NexusLA hiring partners. Participating hiring partners include Blue Cross Blue Shield, EATEL Business, General Informatics, LANTEC of Louisiana, Transformyx, and State of Louisiana’s Office of Technology Services. For more information about Apprenti apprenticeship opportunities, visit: https://apprenticareers.org.

For more information on Apprenti investments or becoming a hiring partner, visit www.Nexus-LA.org o