Google Relaunching Career Certificates, Job Board and Scholarship Program (techrepublic.com) 9
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced a new certificate program and other courses that will provide a gateway to positions at companies like Anthem, Bayer, Deloitte, Verizon and SAP. From a report: In a blog post, Pichai explained that on March 11, Coursera users will have access to a new Associate Android Developer Certification course in addition to the three new certificates in user experience (UX) design, project management and data analytics that have been available since September. "With more businesses embracing digital ways of working, it's estimated that 50% of all employees will need reskilling by 2025. As U.S. job growth returns with more people getting vaccinated, we are committed to ensuring that all Americans have the skills they need to benefit from greater economic opportunity," Pichai wrote.
"To help, today we're announcing new efforts, including opening up enrollment for our latest career certificates, expanding our employer consortium, and introducing new tools to improve the job search." Google will be providing 100,000 scholarships for its Career Certificates program and said it has already helped bring 170,000 Americans into the tech industry through their certificate platform. Once the program is completed, students will gain access to a job board populated by companies like Accenture, Infosys, Zennify, SiriusXM+ Pandora, and, of course, Google.
"To help, today we're announcing new efforts, including opening up enrollment for our latest career certificates, expanding our employer consortium, and introducing new tools to improve the job search." Google will be providing 100,000 scholarships for its Career Certificates program and said it has already helped bring 170,000 Americans into the tech industry through their certificate platform. Once the program is completed, students will gain access to a job board populated by companies like Accenture, Infosys, Zennify, SiriusXM+ Pandora, and, of course, Google.
Not sure about these certs (Score:2)
What's in it for the google? (Score:3)
That's my initial reaction to the summary, but from the summary I was not motivated to read the story because there's no relationship to yours truly. Oldtimers need not apply for jobs or scholarships. (Obviously I don't qualify under the special exception for rich oldtimers.)
However my secondary reaction is that the google has decided who has the influence, and they want to put the google's big thumb on the scales to increase the future influence of the google. Not sure if they are expecting gratitude or some other form of tit for tat, but anything that the google does in the name of charity isn't charity. Just disguised PR. (Like Jigsaw? And still mostly irrelevant to oldtimers.)
Time. Aye, there's the rub. If I were young again, just think of all the fresh mistakes I could make! (Just heard from my alma mater about removing the founder's statue because he's become something of an embarrassment. Hey, he's dead and he was a man of his times and no one's perfect and we're all living in glass houses and we shouldn't be so eager to throw stones.) But sometimes I still think the world could at least use a fresh coat of paint.
Reading time: On the specific topic of corporate PR (in the guitar industry), the most interesting book I've read recently is called The Red Star of Cadiz by Go Osaka. Also relevant is The Hype Machine by Sinan Aral. (To be more precise, I'm still reading both books, but I've read enough to assess them as interesting and at least somewhat relevant.)
Waste of time (Score:3)
Nobody is going to care about these certs. They also don't care about any other certs, or about a bootcamp. You have three options to get a programming job:
1)Already have one. The second one is easier.
2)Get a degree in CS, CompE, Math, EE, or another related field.
3)Create an actual portfolio. That can show off your abilities.
Some random cert isn't going to impress HR, a real hiring manager, or an interviewer. And there's cheaper/easier ways to actually learn the things in the course.
will they make the job board have jobs that take t (Score:2)
will they make the job board have jobs that take this or just HR say need an real degree and not some online degree
"Fuck it, we're shutting it down TWICE!" (Score:1)
Relaunch ist so you can kill it a second time in some months.
When shutting something down once just isn't enough anymore for Google's "full satisfaction". ;)