US Labor Department launches AI apprenticeship portal
The US Department of Labor launched the AI in Registered Apprenticeship Innovation Portal on May 1. The site supplies tools for AI skills and literacy plus industry-specific guidance. It covers education, finance, healthcare and advanced manufacturing. Employers can join national programs, create new AI-focused apprenticeships or retrofit existing ones with AI elements.
Until now, graduates with geography, law or history degrees assembled AI competence through quick experiments with free chat tools to add credible signals to their applications and portfolios. The portal reframes AI proficiency as content best delivered through formal apprenticeship structures that require employer sponsorship and program enrollment, which may prompt recruiters to discount independent project work in favour of official credentials.
Analysis
This portal pushes a slow formal track that will not move the needle for graduates facing hundreds of rejections. Pick one assignment from your degree, prompt ChatGPT to produce an AI-supported analysis in your target sector and add the result to your LinkedIn profile this week.
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