ICBE Business Excellence Skillnet has announced the introduction of Digital Skills Accelerator – a new programme which will support job recovery and career progression for professionals in the Munster region who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Digital Skills Accelerator, which is funded by Skillnet Ireland through the Skills Connect initiative, will provide virtual training courses and industry-based work placements over a 12-week period to assist people who have been displaced from heavily impacted sectors including retail, hospitality, and aviation, among others, in their efforts to return to the workforce.
Working in collaboration with businesses in the Munster region, ICBE Business Excellence Skillnet has identified areas where skills shortages and high career growth opportunities exist. Digital Skills Accelerator now offers participants who may have minimal IT skills an opportunity to realise new career prospects in areas including ICT or customer experience, through a hands-on programme of learning which has been developed in conjunction with industry.