Patrick J. Dempsey, president and CEO of Barnes Group, a global industrial and aerospace manufacturer and service company, knows the value of apprenticeships because he began his career with one. At age 16, he became an apprentice at a shipbuilding company in Ireland, learning welding techniques, among other skills. Although he did go back to school for both his BA and his MBA, it was the apprenticeship that set him on course for his future success.
Source: New feed 2