Plan Ahead for Learning, Earning and Working
3 Ways to Build Your Future Workforce Now
In a world where industry and customer demands change overnight, are you confident your workforce and leadership can adapt with the future? Here are 3 ways to ensure you’re ready:
- Use Internships as a Hiring Pipeline
- Be a Pathway for Skilling
- Harness Predictive Analytics
From Classroom to Career: Internships as a Hiring Pipeline
The talent your company needs tomorrow is sitting in a classroom today. Internships are no longer just resume builders for students—they are strategic workforce development tools that shape future employees before they ever hit the job market.
Internships give businesses more than entry-level help—they give valuable data. Each intern adds insight into how a young talent pool responds to training, adapts to culture and fits into the company’s future. This data feeds your workforce planning platform and supports predictive analytics about who is likely to succeed and why.
Combining internship programs with automated recruiting systems and a talent management assistant can reduce the need for frequent outplacement services for laid-off employees by ensuring every hire is a strategic one. Internships serve as a trial run, giving both parties time to assess fit and grow together.
When interns are nurtured from the classroom to full-time roles, your company avoids the guesswork that leads to expensive hires that don’t stick. It’s a cost-effective and future-proof approach to workforce planning.
That is why pepelwerk is committed to being a connector between companies and interns. When a company enables their pepelwerk Workforce Building Module, they unlock unlimited internship job postings.
- Create your pepelwerk Work Hub Account.
- Enable Workforce Building Module for $500 per month.
- With this module, a standard job posting is $300 each, but internship postings are unlimited. If you’re looking to hire 3 or more interns this summer, pepelwerk is your ideal solution. Plus, you save on promotional costs for your internship search! Our AI-driven solution will source and match you with candidates.
Help Your Potential Employees Prepare for the Job
Not every job seeker who visits your job posting is ready to apply—but that doesn’t mean they won’t be in the future. Give them access to the tools to upskill and grow, so when they are ready, they’ll be the perfect fit for your team.
How It Works:
- Download our widgets (at no cost to you) and add them to your career page.
- Visitors who aren’t quite ready to apply can use it to plan their next steps.
- When they’re ready, they’ll return as stronger, more prepared candidates.
Proactive Talent Planning:
Anticipate your workforce needs before they arise.
Cost-Effective Scaling: Optimize recruitment and training budgets with predictive insights.
Skill gap analysis: Identify and close critical gaps before they impact your business.
Starts at Now: Zero implementation time.
The Future of American Workforce Development: A Strategic Shift Towards Skilled Trades
In a decisive move to reshape the American labor landscape, President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order aimed at overhauling federal workforce programs. This initiative seeks to align training and education with the burgeoning demand for skilled trades, particularly in sectors poised for growth such as advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence.
Emphasizing Apprenticeships and Vocational Training
Central to this executive order is the ambitious goal of supporting over one million apprenticeships annually. The Departments of Labor, Education, and Commerce are tasked with developing a comprehensive strategy to modernize and integrate workforce programs, ensuring they are responsive to the needs of emerging industries. Reuters
This shift acknowledges the critical role of apprenticeships in providing practical, on-the-job training that leads to high-paying careers without the burden of student debt. By promoting industry-recognized apprenticeships, the administration aims to create a pipeline of skilled workers ready to meet the demands of a revitalized manufacturing sector. Trump White House Archives+2DOL+2Trump White House Archives+2National Skills Coalition
Addressing Workforce Shortages
The executive order comes in response to significant labor shortages in key sectors. In 2024 alone, there was a reported shortage of 447,000 construction workers and 94,000 durable goods workers. Projections indicate that the annual shortage of skilled tradespeople could approach half a million over the next decade. Trump White House Archives+4DOL+4Reuters+4
By redirecting focus from traditional four-year college degrees to vocational training and apprenticeships, the administration seeks to fill these gaps and bolster the domestic workforce.
Implications for Industry and Education
This policy shift has significant implications for both industry and educational institutions. Companies may find increased support and incentives for developing apprenticeship programs, while educational institutions might expand their vocational offerings to align with industry needs. National Skills Coalition+2Trump White House Archives+2EconoTimes+2
For professionals in workforce development, human resources, and education, this presents an opportunity to engage with new programs and partnerships aimed at cultivating a skilled and adaptable workforce.
Company Spotlight Opportunity
Introduce your company and your in-demand skills-based jobs to people exploring career options.
Increase awareness of the jobs you need filled over the next year to meet business goals. These live and on-demand events are a unique and original way to inform young adults launching their careers, military professionals transitioning to civilian jobs and adults looking for a career change about jobs they didn’t know they didn’t know.
5 Available Slots Left for Summer and Fall Events in These Industries:
- Agriculture
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Trades
- Finance
Future-Proof Your Workforce
According to the 2024 Workforce Readiness Gap Report, 76% of employees planning to leave their positions feel their organization doesn’t prioritize growth. Fostering a culture of lifelong learning addresses skills gaps, empowering employees to advance efficiently and commit to growing together with the organization.
Today’s top talent wants more than a paycheck, they want purpose, progress and the tools to grow with you, not out of you.
At pepelwerk, we partner with forward-thinking companies to close skills gaps in real time—before they impact your bottom line. Our platform connects you with candidates based on verified capabilities, not outdated job descriptions or keyword-stuffed resumes. But more importantly, we support ongoing upskilling so your hires can evolve with your business.
Why this matters now:
- Skills evolve faster than titles.
What someone learns today may be obsolete in 18 months. Without a plan for continuous learning, you’re constantly playing catch-up. - Retention is the new recruitment.
If your people don’t see a path forward, they’ll find one elsewhere. Growth and development aren’t perks anymore—they’re expectations. - People want purpose.
The most effective teams are built on shared values and goals. When employees feel invested in it, they invest right back into the mission.
How to get started:
- Ditch traditional hiring models.
- Focus on matching people to outcomes, not roles. Our AI-driven system aligns candidates’ abilities with the results your business needs.
- Focus on matching people to outcomes, not roles. Our AI-driven system aligns candidates’ abilities with the results your business needs.
- Invest in skills development.
- Enable access to training and tools that help employees move forward—whether they’re brand new or five years in.
- Enable access to training and tools that help employees move forward—whether they’re brand new or five years in.
- Create visibility around internal mobility.
- Let your people know that growth doesn’t mean leaving. Show them a future inside your organization.
Let’s build workforces that are ready for tomorrow.
With pepelwerk, you can close readiness gaps, foster loyalty and stay ahead of change, on purpose. Learn more about how we help companies hire and grow smarter:
https://pepelwerk.com/build-my-future-workforce