Global Digital skills initiative

Global Digital skills initiative

Microsoft

Category

Risk communication & Community Engagement

Country

United States of America (USA), North America

Description

Microsoft launches digital skills initiative, making available its educational content, to help those hit by COVID. Microsoft's new global skills initiative aims at bringing more digital skills to 25 million people worldwide by the end of the year. Microsoft plans to combine existing and new resources from its LinkedIn and GitHub units (learning content, certifications, job-seeking tools), as well as from inside the rest of the company, and make them available for free or cheaply to those who are interested in upskilling or retraining for new careers