They offer 50,000 scholarships to develop skills for high-demand jobs

Microsoft and LinkedIn updated their program skills for employment with which they offer free training for people to develop skills related to high demand jobs. The companies will offer both courses and certifications, with which graduates will be able to improve their opportunities in the labor market or even seek a career change.

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), by 2025 half of the workforce will need retraining to stay competitive in a world of work that will change hand in hand with digitization and automation.

As part of the changes to the employability support program, Microsoft will offer free access to 350 courses and six new Certifications Career Essentials, for six of the jobs with the highest demand in the digital economy. In addition to this, LinkedIn will have 50,000 scholarships for the LinkedIn Learning platform.

“Today, and in the future, the vast majority of the modern workforce will need to learn and have digital skills to fill the most in-demand roles and build livelihoods in this changing economy. Through this new program, with the support of strategic alliances with governments and nonprofit associations, we can help build the capacity to provide personalized training and employment services at scale,” said Lupina Loperena, Director of Philanthropy at Microsoft Mexico. .

Los six jobs with the highest demand that the companies identified are:

1. administrative professional
2. Project manager
3. business analyst
4. System administrator
5. Software developer
6. data analyst

The six new certifications are linked to these jobs and will be available until 2025.

Las new learning paths They are designed to help people bridge the gap between basic digital literacy and more advanced technical skills, as well as receive certifications that will help them obtain employment. Upon completion of the program, students will receive a LinkedIn badge to validate their certificate and demonstrate their skills to employers.

“Continuous learning is a necessary skill in this constantly changing scenario where there is a greater demand on the labor qualification to cope with emerging technologies. To remain competitive in their industries, professionals must focus on having the most in-demand skills that serve both their current jobs and the search for new opportunities,” said Milton Beck, CEO of LinkedIn for Latin America.

The goal of this program is that by 2025 at least 10 million people worldwide have developed skills for jobs with the highest demand through courses and certifications. Since July 2020, 370,000 people have been trained for free in Mexico, the most frequent learning paths in our country they are: fundamental skills, critical personal skills, digital transformation, starting with artificial intelligence and customer service specialist.

The shortage of digital profiles

According to a report by the firm Experis, at least one in five companies has difficulties finding qualified technological profiles. This shortage of digital talent pushes companies to retrain their current workforce to fill the positions.

The companies anticipate that the hardest to fill vacancies in the next three months, they will be:

• Information technology project managers.
• Encryption, information security and cybersecurity analysts.
• Software and application developers.
• Specialists in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• Specialists in databases and networks.
• Big data specialists and analysts.
• Specialists in marketing and digital content.
• Digital transformation specialists.

“The tech talent shortage It is one of the main challenges for companies, since they are required to cover technological skills and must opt ​​for a new vision of talent. This new perspective may consist of retraining employees at all levels,” said Carlos Bueso, general director of Experis Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.