Frank Chestnut: Listening, Training, Leading

It is half past 5 p.m., and Frank Chestnut is on his cellphone, talking to a reporter in Birmingham about an old practice that is making a comeback: the apprenticeship.
Chestnut manages Apprenticeship Alabama, a state Department of Commerce program in the Workforce Development division, and he is a member of the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Board of Directors. Most days, his job takes him on the road across Alabama, he says, to talk with advanced manufacturers and other industries about registered apprenticeship programs as a strategy for cultivating the skilled workers they need. Read the full article here.

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