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Microsoft helped 30 million people gain digital skills during the COVID-19 crisis

 

Microsoft helped 30 million people gain digital skills during the COVID-19 crisis

Microsoft helped 30 million people gain digital skills during the COVID-19 crisis

Microsoft revealed that it has helped more than 30 million people around the world from 249 countries and territories acquire "digital skills." And it indicated that last June it exceeded the initial target, which was previously set at 25 million, after millions of people during the emerging coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic turned to free online educational courses on Microsoft's educational platforms, LinkedIn and GitHub.


The company indicated that the areas in greatest demand are "customer service", "project management" and "data analysis".


Microsoft also announced an initiative to help 250,000 companies recruit “skilled people,” based on continuing education for those interested in in-demand “digital skills” in line with the ten most in-demand jobs in the job market. By expanding free LinkedIn and Microsoft Learning courses, backed by low-cost professional certifications.


"The doubling of new training courses across LinkedIn and Microsoft aims to support the inclusiveness of the skills-based job market, creating more alternatives, flexibility, and easier-to-access learning paths, while creating new job opportunities," said Microsoft President Brad Smith.

New LinkedIn tools from Microsoft to help 250,000 businesses

This year, LinkedIn plans to help 250,000 companies by recruiting skilled talent, through new recruitment products, as new ways to provide job seekers will be provided; To connect them with employers on the basis of their professional competencies. With tools like The pilot of LinkedIn Skills Path providing a new way to help recruiters find suitable candidates, the method combines LinkedIn courses and assesses applicants ’skills, and will test the method with different companies, including BlackRock, Gap Inc, and TaskRabbit. .


The new features added by the platform will provide an opportunity for job seekers to share more of their personal and professional information, including the ability to create a video reviewing their skills. The Skills Info feature will also help create a common skills language among individuals, employers, educational institutions, and government agencies. Various organizations support them in improving their planning for workforce development programs.


Commenting on this, Ryan Roslansky, CEO of LinkedIn, said: “For a long time, the method of recruitment was based on previous jobs, educational qualifications, or according to the jobs applied to them, but this job behavior began to change dramatically, it can be said that companies today have not University academic qualifications are a requirement in the recruitment process. Instead, they focus deeply on selecting their potential cadres based on professional skills.


"Since last June, Microsoft and LinkedIn have helped more than 30 million people around the world gain access to digital skills, and today we are expanding our commitment to skills by helping 250,000 companies secure skills-based jobs in 2021," he added.


It is noteworthy that the number of participants in free educational and training courses from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reached 149,000.


On the other hand, Microsoft confirmed that it will provide, in cooperation with its partners, a new service called "Career Connector" which will provide job opportunities for about 50 thousand job seekers over the next three years, and will focus in the training courses on learners who have been able to build their digital skills, while increasing interest in women. And minorities.

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