As of March 2018, there were 6.6 million job vacancies in the US, signaling a shortage of skilled workers. Furthermore, a 2017 McKinsey survey of young people and employers reported that 40 percent of employers said a lack of skills was the principal reason for entry-level job vacancies, which demonstrates that the current education and training systems do not provide the competencies that businesses need to close the talent gap. Alternative approaches to education and training--such as apprenticeships--may offer a potential solution by providing workers and learners with the skills and credentials needed to work in the occupations with the most demand in the 21st century workforce. The goal of this report is to highlight effective employer engagement practices and identify key lessons learned from implementing technology-focused apprenticeship programs. To identify effective practices, eight individuals who have implemented these types of programs through the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) were interviewed to answer four questions: (1) How are tech apprenticeship programs engaging employers? (2) How do these programs identify employer hiring and training needs? (3) What are the primary barriers faced when working with employers to develop apprenticeship programs? and (4) How are apprenticeship programs addressing barriers to employer engagement? This report summarizes the findings from those interviews.