Guides and Toolkits

Ready, Willing & Able is perfectly positioned to provide you with technical assistance whether you are considering employing an apprentice, or implementing an apprenticeship program. Ready, Willing & Able can guide you in building an effective hiring pool of candidates on a path to employment.

Ready, Willing and Able - Why it Pays to Hire People with Disabilities

Includes:

  • Including people with disabilities in the US workforce

  • Rethinking recruitment, retention and rewardsfor a more inclusive workplace

  • How apprenticeship can help young people with disabilities enter the workforce

  • How government can support employment opportunities for people with disabilities

  • How to make your workplace more inclusive

Cover of a publication by IWSI America titled "Ready, Willing & Able" with braille background. The text, "Why it pays to hire people with disabilities" is at the top. IWSI America logo is present.

Mentoring and Retention Tips

Includes:

  • The essential elements of successful apprentice mentoring

  • The role of a workplace mentor

  • How workplace mentors can improve organizational outcomes

  • The broad strokes of creating an effective a customized mentoring program

  • Tips on creating a personalized mentoring plan for each apprentice

Informational flyer about mentoring and retention tips for apprentices, with emphasis on the importance of mentoring as a cornerstone of apprenticeship programs. It details essential elements of successful mentoring, including personal commitment, clear expectations, constructive relationships, confidentiality, and accountability. Includes images of mentor-mentee interactions, logos of partnerships, and website URL readywillingable.us.

What an Apprentice Can Do for Your Company

Includes:

  • What can an apprentice do for your company?

  • What are the benefits of an apprentice in your company?

  • How can I get start an apprentice in my company?

Infographic titled 'What an Apprentice Can Do for Your Company' with points on enhancing business capabilities using apprenticeships. It highlights tailored skills development, boosting productivity, cost-effectiveness, enhancing diversity and inclusion, strengthening public image, and leadership development. Features logos of Ready, Willing and ABLE, Department of Rehabilitation, and IWSI America. Website: www.readywillingable.us at the bottom.

Employer Benefits Roles & Responsibilities

Includes:

  • Benefits for employers

  • Employer’s responsibilities

  • On-the-job training

  • Related classroom instruction

  • Operating an apprenticeship program

Informational flyer about employer benefits and responsibilities in apprenticeship programs in California, featuring a woman in a workshop. Discusses benefits like enhanced productivity and tax incentives, and responsibilities like fair recruitment and safe working environments. Includes logos and website www.readywillingable.us.

Steps To Developing an Apprenticeship Program

Includes:

  • Identify occupational needs

  • Identify talent pool

  • Partnering with a Local Education Agency (LEA)

  • Developing Program Standards

Infographic titled "Steps to Developing an Apprenticeship Program" detailing steps such as identifying occupational needs, partnering with local education agencies, identifying talent pools, and developing program standards. Includes tips on workforce gaps assessment, community engagement, and regulatory compliance. Logos for Ready, Willing, and Able, California Department of Rehabilitation, and IWSI America are at the bottom. URL: www.readywillingable.us.

It’s Time - Using Modern Apprenticeship to Reskill America

Includes:

  • The skills shortage

  • Breaking out of the hiring comfort zone: breaking out

  • Future-proofing with modern apprenticeship: your bottom line

  • The nuts and bolts of a modern apprenticeship program: getting started

Geometric poster featuring “It’s Time: Using Modern Apprenticeship to Reskill America” with gold and yellow 3D shapes, and IWSI America logo.