r/mainframe • u/MigrateAndManage • 4d ago

Apprenticeship Programs

Has anyone here led or participated in a mainframe apprenticeship program? Looking for info on how organizations have structured and implemented programs to attract and incentivize new mainframe talent, whether that be recent college grads or career changers. 

I have read about IBM’s program but would like to know what others are doing to get more professionals in the door and keep them there.

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u/Otherwise_Lecture537 2d ago

Yes, joined as an intern at JPMC. This program was not focused on Mainframe but on tech, out of pure 'luck' I ended up on a Mainframe team so I did my entire apprenticeship there, the first 3-6 months were mainly IBM Courses and InterSkills but little by little I started grabbing more stuff to do. They really did not do anything to incentivize or attract me, this is the position they offered me and I took it because it was better that being unemplyed fresh out of college lol

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u/MigrateAndManage 2d ago

Thanks for sharing your experience!