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New Delhi: Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced it has helped over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, of which close to 3 million are from India. This tops its initial goal of 25 million last June. Microsoft Corp. is also extending its commitment to help 250,000 companies globally make a skills-based hire in 2021.
From laid-off factory workers to retail associates and truck drivers, millions of people turned to online learning courses from GitHub, LinkedIn and Microsoft during the pandemic to help prepare for and secure the most in-demand roles, including customer service, project management and data analysis. The announcement, detailed on the Official Microsoft Blog, builds on the company’s efforts to help people by extending through 2021 free LinkedIn Learning and Microsoft Learn courses and low-cost certifications that align to 10 of the most in-demand jobs. The next stage of the initiative sets a new foundation for a skills
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UAE government, Microsoft advance women’s empowerment efforts
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Ohood Bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government and the Future, has reaffirmed the UAE government’s commitment towards supporting global efforts in bridging the gender gap, achieving balance, and ensuring equal opportunities between women and men in various fields, through promoting partnerships between government and private sectors.
Minister Al Roumi stated in her keynote speech, delivered at a virtual event in honour of International Women’s Day sponsored by Microsoft entitled “International Women’s Day Summit”, that the year 2021 signifies a special occasion for the UAE, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Microsoft empowers more than a quarter million UAE-based professionals
DUBAI, 3 days ago Microsoft has announced that a global digital-skilling initiative launched in partnership with LinkedIn has allowed more than a quarter million people in the UAE to acquire digital skills during the Covid-19 crisis. The achievement stems from a programme launched in June 2020 by Microsoft and LinkedIn to support companies in moving to a skills-based recruitment methodology, leaving behind legacy approaches that placed emphasis on less relevant attributes, such as previous role or age. Since the programme launched, more than 30 million people around the world – including 250,313 in the UAE – engaged with the initiative and developed digital skills. Encouraged by the progress, Microsoft and LinkedIn have decided to extend the programme and help 250,000 companies globally make skills-based hires in 2021.
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Microsoft has revealed that it helped over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, topping its initial goal of 25 million last June.
According to the Country Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Akin Banuso, this is extending the company’s commitment to helping 250,000 companies make a skills-based hire in 2021.
He said the unemployment rate in the country is estimated at 33.3 per cent, this can be attributed to the loss of jobs attributed to the pandemic and the skills gaps required to thrive in the Post-Covid era.
He further noted that “It is essential for the youth populace to be up-skilled with the right combination of technical and soft skills to immediately make a difference in the workplace. With programmes like the Global Skilling Initiative (GSI) which has reached 30 million people worldwide. In Nigeria, we have seen an uptake and impact numbers where over 196,000 learners have been engaged to date.”
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