The President might look to Switzerland, with youth unemployment at 3% and its global gold standard apprentice system, as a possible model for the U.S. in closing the skills gap. As we recently learned, Switzerland’s apprentice system was very much a subject of discussion of a Dec. 21 phone call between Trump, who praised the Swiss education system, and Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann, who called to offer congratulations to the President-elect. Former Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez touted the Swiss apprentice system as a model for the U.S. following a 2015 trip to Switzerland hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Suzan LeVine (a former Microsoft executive), herself a big advocate of the Swiss system. It is also entirely appropriate for a president who became a pop culture reality TV star in his hit show The Apprentice.

Source: Forbes January 26, 2017 19:54 UTC