It’s estimated that half of the U.S. workforce will need to reskill by 2025, and workers of color are disproportionately impacted by the skills gap. We’re working to help people advance their careers by making digital skills accessible to everyone. To date, we have helped nearly 170,000 Americans get a new job and increase their income through digital skills training.
Providing digital skills tools and training to American workers:
- We’ve helped more than 9 million Americans grow their skills, careers, and businesses through Grow with Google digital skills trainings and Google.org grants. A network of 9,000 organizations – including 4-H, American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Goodwill Industries International Inc., National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB), Hiring Our Heroes, and many others – helps to extend training to more workers in the U.S. so they can find economic opportunity.
Helping people develop job-ready skills to jump-start careers in fast-growing fields:
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Google Career Certificates are flexible online training programs that help people develop job-ready skills in the fields of data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, project management, and user experience (UX) design. These Certificate courses are developed and taught by Google employees and can be completed in three to six months part-time. After completing the program, graduates gain access to career resources and are able to connect with over 150 top employers. More than 100,000 people have graduated in the U.S. from the program, and 75% of graduates report a positive career outcome within six months of completion, such as a new job, promotion, or raise.
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To help more people access this flexible training, we’ve provided 100,000 need-based scholarships and additional job readiness support to workers through partners like Merit America, Per Scholas, NPower, Goodwill, Futuro Health, and Generation USA. We also created a $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund with Social Finance to provide services like job placement support and living stipends to support individuals’ Certificate training.
Helping underrepresented workers develop digital skills for today’s economy:
- We’re working with Google.org grantees and Grow with Google partners to bring more resources to underrepresented workers. For example, we worked with Hiring Our Heroes to create the Career Forward program, an initiative that provides veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses with the skills and career support they need to get high-paying in-demand jobs through no-cost access to Google Career Certificates. Additionally, our Black Women Lead program helps train Black women in digital skills with support from organizations like Dress for Success, The Links Inc., and the sororities of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. We’ve also supported the Hispanic Federation to help upskill 10,000 individuals on digital and job readiness skills so far.
Helping people impacted by the justice system find opportunity:
- We created the Grow with Google Fund for Justice-Impacted Communities to enable organizations to teach digital skills to people who have been impacted by the justice system. In partnership with more than 65 organizations across the U.S. – including Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), Defy Ventures, The Fortune Society, The Ladies of Hope Ministries, and The Last Mile – we’re helping people impacted by the justice system develop skills so they can get a job or start a business.