Build pathways. Create opportunity.
    Change lives.

    New-Collar Careers helps community organizations, workforce boards, employers, and education partners build practical talent pathways using work-based learning, AI, and modern apprenticeship models.

    An initiative of Creating Coding Careers, a DOL-registered apprenticeship intermediary.

    The path from idea to active pathway

    • 1Map your talent pathway in a 3-week live sprint
    • 2Identify your target role, employer partner, and learner source
    • 3Commit to your first 30-day action
    • 4Get 90 days of implementation support
    • ★Launch a real earn-and-learn pathway
    5,900+
    Participants since 2020
    96%
    Program completion rate
    $79K
    Average starting salary
    9
    Registered programs

    Field results from Creating Coding Careers — the proven playbook behind New-Collar Careers.

    The Problem

    Too many career pathways stop at training.

    AI is changing jobs. Hiring is broken. Entry-level pathways are weaker than they should be. Organizations know the labor market is shifting — but most workforce programs still end at a certificate, not a career.

    The next generation of workforce development has to connect learning, work, wages, employer demand, and long-term mobility. That takes a different model.

    "The organizations that win the next decade won't be the ones that find talent. They'll be the ones that build it."
    The Model

    From pathway idea to pathway in motion — in one quarter.

    This isn't a course you watch. It's a working sprint with implementation support, built from a playbook that's already moved thousands of people into careers.

    Weeks 1–3

    The Live Sprint

    Three 60-minute working sessions: the talent factory mindset, work-based learning as your operating model, and your New-Collar Pathway Map — target role, employer partner, learner source, funding angle, and first action.

    Days 30–90

    Implementation Support

    The sprint doesn't end at a worksheet. You get 30/60/90-day check-ins, pathway clinics, accountability pairs, and hands-on help moving your map toward a real, active pathway.

    Quarter's End

    Demo Day

    Present your pathway to a room of peers, partners, and funders. Show your progress, name the support you need, and connect with the people who can help you scale it.

    Who It's For

    One room. Every side of the talent pipeline.

    Community Organizations

    Turn your training program into an earn-and-learn pathway that connects learners to real jobs. Sponsored seats available.

    Employers

    Stop competing for the same résumés. Learn how to build the talent you can't find — with apprenticeship as your edge.

    Workforce Boards

    Get a practical, modern apprenticeship strategy you can take back to your region — not another policy briefing.

    Education Partners

    Build employer-connected pathways that lead from your classrooms into careers, credentials, and wages.

    The Founding Offer

    The Agile Talent Playbook — Live

    The interactive version of the book, delivered as a 3-week sprint plus 90 days of implementation support. Founding cohort seats are limited.

    Founding Cohort

    Sprint Seat

    $397 founding rate
    • ✓3 live working sessions with Mike Roberts
    • ✓The New-Collar Pathway Map
    • ✓90 days of implementation support
    • ✓30/60/90-day check-ins and pathway clinics
    • ✓Full access to the New-Collar Careers community
    • ✓Demo Day presentation opportunity
    Claim a Founding Seat

    Sponsored CBO Seat

    $750 per sponsored seat
    • ✓Funds one community-based organization's full participation
    • ✓Everything in the sprint seat, plus a 90-day outcome report
    • ✓Sponsor recognition and Demo Day invitation
    • ✓5-seat bundle: $5,000 with cohort-level outcome report
    Sponsor a CBO

    Community-based organization? Apply for a sponsored seat — limited seats funded each cohort.

    The Community

    A working room, not another feed.

    The sprint gets you started. The New-Collar Careers community keeps your pathway moving — a place where builders show their work, get feedback, and help each other move from maps to launches.

    Join the Community

    Pathway Builders Lab

    Post your pathway map and build log. Get feedback from people building the same thing.

    Pathway Clinics

    Live coaching on employer engagement, funding, learner recruitment, and apprenticeship design.

    Implementation Check-Ins

    30/60/90-day accountability so your map becomes motion — not a drawer document.

    Demo Day

    Quarterly showcase in front of peers, partners, and funders.

    The Agile Talent Playbook by Mike RobertsFree Download

    Not ready for the sprint? Start with the book.

    Get The Agile Talent Playbook free and see the model behind New-Collar Careers — how to build talent pipelines with work-based learning, AI, and modern apprenticeship.

    You'll also get an invitation to the founding cohort. No spam — unsubscribe anytime.

    Questions

    What people ask before joining

    Help shape the founding cohort.

    Founding members don't just join a community — they build it. Claim your seat, apply for a sponsored CBO seat, or start a sponsor conversation.