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AT&T and school counselors urge work-based learning, apprenticeships and tech training to fill jobs
Summary
AT&T and the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association told the Keystone Education Report that businesses should partner with schools on paid apprenticeships, internships and AI-ready skills; AT&T singled out cybersecurity as a major hiring need.
Industry and counseling leaders on the Keystone Education Report said stronger school-business partnerships, paid apprenticeships and focused tech training are essential to meeting current employer demand — especially in cybersecurity.
David Kerr, president of external affairs for AT&T in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, said the company hires across retail and engineering roles but is aggressively recruiting cybersecurity and network-security staff. "Probably we're hiring thousands of cybersecurity employees, on a regular basis," Kerr said,…
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