Nadeja
Adams
Sr. Workforce Programs Specialist at San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development
"Funding Your Future: How Employers Use Public Dollars to Build Tech Apprenticeship Pipelines"
"Funding Your Future: How Employers Use Public Dollars to Build Tech Apprenticeship Pipelines"
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Session: Funding Your Future: How Employers Use Public Dollars to Build Tech Apprenticeship Pipelines
This session addresses innovative career pathway development through registered apprenticeships, demonstrating how public-private partnerships create accessible entry points into tech careers. It explores emerging workforce funding strategies that enable employers to build sustainable talent pipelines while reducing barriers for underrepresented populations seeking tech roles.Key Takeaways
- 1: How to structure pre-apprenticeship to apprenticeship pathways that align WIOA funding, employer demand, and state registration requirements—with a proven model achieving 35% conversion rates. Key Takeaway 2: Strategies to leverage public
Bio
Nadeja drives apprenticeship innovation at San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, managing strategic partnerships across a $1.7M portfolio. She’s recognized for translating complex public funding mechanisms into actionable employer talent strategies—redesigning WIOA directives to institutionalize apprenticeship conversion incentives, launching Skill Up (a pre-apprenticeship model with 35% registered apprenticeship placement), and building the infrastructure that enables training providers to become state-registered Pre-Apprenticeship programs. Her work demonstrates how public-private collaboration can shift workforce investment from transactional placements to sustainable career pathways.