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Carleton joins fast-growing tech apprenticeship initiative
The Career Center at Carleton College is connecting current students and recent graduates to career opportunities in the high-demand HR technology field with a new collaboration. Known as the Rise apprenticeship program, the initiative was designed with Helios Consulting, a St. Paul-based services partner of Workday,
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Helping College Students Gain Essential Skills
To position students for success beyond the campus greens, higher education institutions and corporations must band together to better prepare students for entering the workforce. A new collaboration between Carleton College and Helios Consulting illustrates how liberal art colleges are working towards bridging the skills gap and linking students with the needs of their regional economies.
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Carleton Is Latest Liberal Arts College To Add Tech-Based Apprenticeships
Carleton College, a highly regarded private college in Northfield, Minnesota, is the latest example of a liberal arts college adding technically based apprenticeships to prepare its students and graduates for early-career employment in the business sector. The new collaboration comes in the form of the Rise apprenticeship program, an initiative designed by Helios Consulting, a St. Paul-based services partner of Workday.
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New partnership for Carleton students builds career connections
The Career Center at Carleton College is connecting current students and recent graduates to career opportunities in the high-demand HR technology field with a new collaboration. Known as the Rise apprenticeship program, the initiative was designed with Helios Consulting, a St. Paul-based services partner of Workday.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Launches Tech Apprenticeships to Close HR Skills Gap
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) today announced a new effort to help both current students and alumni access career opportunities in the fast-growing HR tech industry. Known as the Rise apprenticeship program, the initiative was designed in partnership with Helios Consulting, an advisory partner of Workday, the HR tech platform of choice for nearly 10,000 companies worldwide, including half of the Fortune 500.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to offer HR apprenticeships
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Dec. 7 announced a new apprenticeship program for students and recent graduates interested in human resources. The Rise apprenticeship program provides training on the human resources platform Workday, and is offered by the university and Helios Consulting, a Workday advisory partner.
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New Partnership with University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts
The University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts (CLA) today announced the launch of a new partnership with Helios Consulting using our unique Rise apprenticeship program will provide both training and paid employment for new and recent graduates while also addressing employers' growing need for workers with Workday skills.
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Connecting Graduates to Hot Tech Apprenticeships
Higher education institutions, employers, and students are well aware of the discrepancy between the competencies and experiences that employers look for in potential hires and the skills of recent graduates. Leaders in the field are brainstorming solutions to bridge the gap, teaming up with appealing sponsors to better serve and prepare their students to enter the workforce.
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U Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Partners with Helios Consulting to Offer Rise Apprenticeship Program
The University of Minnesota (UMN)'s College of Liberal Arts (CLA) has announced a partnership with Helios Consulting to offer graduates a chance to gain human resource technology skills through paid employment and training in its Rise Program, an apprenticeship designed to prepare students for a career in the Workday ecosystem.
Learn MoreHelios appoints thought leaders to its board
Helios announced the appointment of Leighanne Levensaler and Joe Fuller to its board. Leighanne, who previously served as EVP of Corporate Strategy at Workday, and Joe, co-leader of Harvard Business School's Managing the Future of Work initiative, will bring their experience to bear on expanding Helios' unique Rise program, the first apprenticeship program in the Workday ecosystem.
Learn MoreAchieve Partners' Latest Workforce Investment Takes Aim at Workday Skills Shortage
NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Achieve Partners today announced the acquisition of Helios Consulting, a certified Workday Advisory Partner, which helps employers with their implementation journey and expanding their deployment of Workday's software to improve and streamline their human capital management (HCM) functions. Workday has quickly become the HCM platform of choice for nearly 10,000 companies worldwide, including half of the Fortune 500. With Achieve's backing, Helios will expand its unique Rise program, which equips recent college graduates and early-career professionals to become Workday Pro Certified professionals and helps close the widening talent gap in the field.
Learn MoreHelios is a certified Workday® Advisory Partner, providing specialized knowledge and expertise. Our trusted team partners with clients on their Workday® journeys, enabling solutions for individual business needs, while supporting clients in realizing its full potential and accelerating business outcomes.
Recognizing the critical talent gap and resourcing challenges faced by our clients, Helios is proud to have launched the first ever Workday® Apprenticeship Program, Helios Rise. Delivering comprehensive training, the program creates a pipeline of high-caliber, Workday® Pro Certified talent for client placement, with candidates ready to add business value from day one.
