Microsoft has launched an incredible new initiative powered by free learning content, low-cost certifications and job seeker tools to help 25 million individuals re-enter the workforce.
Microsoft has launched a new initiative that combines content from it's LinkedIn learning and Github entities, mixed with other content previously only available internally to Microsoft employees.
The purpose of this initiative is to help upskill or retool individuals that may have lost their jobs due to COVID. Microsoft is forecasting up to a quarter-billion unemployed individuals (globally) in 2020 due to COVID. Microsoft is using its proprietary data to identify the most in-demand jobs; it is building a curriculum from its various entities and is offers low-cost certifications.
You can access all of these resources and more at opportunity,linkedin.com.
Combining all of its employment and tech-related data, Microsoft believes that the ten most in-demand jobs (globally) over the next decade will be:
Microsoft has designed a custom curriculum for each of these career paths and makes the training content available for free until March 2021.
The content is available in English, French, Spanish and German.
Each custom-designed curriculum path includes LinkedIn learning content. The curriculum may also include content from Microsoft Learn. To prove proficiency, Microsoft has made its new role-based certifications available for $15 (if you attest that COVID19 has impacted your job).