Read Now NEW COLLAR APPRENTICE: "Beyond the Classroom" RTF

This book challenges the greatest U.S. dilemma of the 21st century – the “Digital-Skills-Divide” and the disruptive negative impact that it has on our youth and more adversely our underrepresented youth who are desperately endeavoring to navigate this bold new frontier of attaining the right skills that will best ensure their ability to land that [new-collar] dream job that they so diligently desire without breaking the bank.The best opportunity to [restore] economic stability and reclaim the “American Dream” is dependent on changing the higher education pathways that lead to career development for our youth in acknowledging that first, traditional college education has become too expensive and therefore less attainable for the masses and second, corporate America has to take the lead by starting to develop talent earlier by warming up to the idea of creating new apprenticeship job opportunities in [new-collar] digital occupations, and by raising social awareness of what the “future-of-work” will look like and the role that apprenticeships will play by becoming the “preferred” career development model for the masses vs today being viewed only as a [secondary] career path for others deemed not academically qualified or financially able to afford college.Career development has always been a critical choice for parents and their children alike because unless you or your child has some undeniably recognizable talent or gift such as athletic, artistic, or scientific aptitude, it can be quite challenging for a parent to lead and guide them in the way they should go. Discovering the best career path today has become a monumental, expensive, and cumbersome endeavor for most and even misdirected for those who think they know.I have created a different narrative that promotes an old traditional practice to solve a new alarming challenge. College education today is not what it used to be – the most direct and secure pathway to a “good job.” Furthermore, college education costs have inflated faster than Apple, Google, and Amazon stock over the last twenty years making it more and more unaffordable which has resulted in excess of $1.6 trillion combined student loan debt and massive student defaults.This book will help you navigate a better way to attain today’s in-demand skills with low financial investment risk, and guaranteed high yielding returns. Imagine embarking on a career path where you don’t need to take financial risks borrowing thousands of dollars, but instead have an opportunity to {test-drive] your career as you earn, learn, and demonstrate your worth before you graduate from the program…”explore apprenticeships and score your dream job.”