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Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge
"The nature of work is fundamentally changing, and that is shifting the link between education, training, and opportunity," says Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
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Google unveiled an initiative on Thursday (October 12) to help train Americans for jobs in technology and committed to donating $1 billion over the next five years to nonprofits in education and professional training.
The new program, Grow With Google, will create an online destination for job seekers to get training and professional certificates and for businesses to improve their web services. The company's goal, executives said, is to allow anyone with an Internet connection to become proficient with technology and prepare for a job in areas like information technology support and app development.
Google plans to donate $1 billion to nonprofits through its charitable arm, Google.org, with the aim of addressing the gap between the skills required by modern companies and the skills that are taught in schools. Google said it was donating $10 million to Goodwill Industries, for example, for digital job training programs. Company employees also will volunteer one million hours at those nonprofits.
From The New York Times
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