BusinessWorld
May 19, 2021 | 2:40 pm
MICROSOFT CORP. has partnered with JA Asia Pacific and CloudSwyft to provide a skilling program for young jobseekers in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Of the targeted 60,000 participants this year, 4,000 will be from the Philippines. Â
âCOVID-19 has accelerated the shift towards a digital economy, and organizations here in the Philippines are requiring greater digital skills from talents so that their businesses can adapt and thrive in this new environment,â said Andres Ortola, Microsoft Philippines general manager, in a recent statement.Â
The new program is an extension of Microsoftâs broader Global Skilling Initiative, which reported last month that over 150,000 Filipinos had gained digital skills via its online courses, to be offered until the end of 2021.Â