According to MS poweruser, Google announced on Monday that Google Org will invest $14 million in goodwill digital career accelerator** According to the company, the will include grants and in kind support that will assist goodwill in providing different digital training services and job placement for many individuals. According to Google's statement, the fund will enable goodwill to provide digital skills and vocational training to more than 200000 people in the United States and Canada.
Specifically, the company's support includes $7 million in donated search advertising and $7 million in Google. Com Org grant. These funds will focus on providing different services and improving the efficiency of the organization's implementation plan. "These funds support the development and expansion of infrastructure, such as the tracking system of recruitment and training, which will improve the scope and efficiency of goodwill's services locally," Kent walker, President of global affairs of Google and alphabet, and Steve Preston, President and CEO of Goodwill Industries International, announced the news blog It says.
In addition, the support includes 10 Google employees through Google. Com Org fellowship provides full-time public welfare services. Google said the 10 person team would help goodwill connect online job seekers with its career instructors. Related to this, Google has arranged more than 300000 job seekers to various digital related jobs, and has conducted important digital skills and digital awareness education for more than 1 million people.
"Through partnerships like goodwill and Google, we are learning what works and what doesn't," the blog wrote. "By aligning the right resources, we can build the systems and capabilities necessary to narrow the digital skills gap and connect Americans with the skills and support they need to compete in the 21st century economy. In every community, we need talent to equip and participate in our rapidly changing labor market."
These joint efforts of Google and goodwill have benefited countless job seekers, and can even be extended to more people in the future. According to the multinational technology company, these programs and programs will help people get digital jobs without a diploma, as more and more employers focus on skills rather than degree related requirements. Currently, only 36% of American adults have a college degree. Due to the lack of required skills, these figures have led to 5.9 unemployed and 11 million unfilled jobs.
"When employers hire relevant skills instead of screening degrees, we can get a qualified, ready to work and significantly more diverse talent pool. However, in order for employers to hire people with the necessary skills, people must have a successful way to acquire them," Walker and Preston said
With this, goodwill's digital career accelerator can become a noteworthy solution to the above problems. According to Google, in addition to removing the obstacles that cause Americans to stop learning the important skills they need to find a job (subsidies, connection support, transportation credit, career navigation, etc.), the project also enables more than 70% of the U.S. population to access different goodwill mission service points across the United States.