WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Microsoft Skills Resources for Workforce Development

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Microsoft’s future-ready skills resources incorporate digital literacy, technical job skills, and industry certifications, providing people with exposure to different solutions and the 21st-century skills that are relevant for role-based jobs that are available today and in the future.

Overview Providing the broad set of soft and technical skills people need to thrive in a digital economy is one of the biggest challenges community leaders face today. The rapid changes in the workforce also create an opportunity to integrate digital technology skills that all jobs require, as well as coding, cloud, and data skills that are essential for jobs in high demand.

Microsoft wants to support you in engaging and inspiring the people your organization reaches to develop the workforce skills for their future success with supplemental, on demand, educational resources to add to your digital portfolio.

We would like to help you make decisions and easily get on the path to solve the challenges you face and create the opportunities for your people to thrive.

These supplemental curricular resources can be adapted into your community materials to provide people with the global future-ready skills that are imperative to success in the digital economy.

Microsoft Education Skills Resources AI Business School: Successful AI implementation depends on more than the technology. Learn how to drive lasting business impact with six learning paths in AI Business School.

LinkedIn Learning*: LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform that combines the industry-leading content from Lynda.com with LinkedIn’s professional data and network. With over 14,000 courses taught by industry experts, LinkedIn Learning provides online training to supplement an institution’s existing curriculum and help create more career-ready students across multiple different disciplines. *fee-based

Learn skills for jobs in-demand: LinkedIn, Microsoft, and GitHub are offering free learning paths mapped to jobs that are in-demand, best practices for your job searching, and interview prepping, so you can put your best foot forward.

Microsoft 365 Training: Learn how to get more done, from anywhere on any device with .

Microsoft Digital Literacy: Learn how to effectively use devices, software, and the internet to collaborate with others and discover, use, and create information.

Microsoft Educator Center: The Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) programs are designed to help both educators who are just beginning their journey, as well as programs for educators who are leaders in innovative education.

Microsoft Learn: Whether you're just starting or an experienced professional, our hands-on approach helps you arrive at your goals faster, with more confidence and at your own pace. Microsoft Learn is a free, online training platform that provides interactive learning for Microsoft products including Azure, Microsoft Power BI, PowerApps, Dynamics365, Microsoft365, Office and Visual Studio.

Microsoft Garage: Garage drives a culture of innovation through programs and experiences to accelerate collaboration, creativity, and experimentation.

Microsoft Virtual Training Days: Get the most of out of the cloud with Microsoft Skilling Events

Office Quick Starts: Get up and running quickly with the basic info you need to be productive right away.

Virtual workshops and training: Our interactive virtual workshops and training sessions are taught live by Microsoft associates – wherever you are.

LinkedIn Career Exploration

Explore Job Transitions: LinkedIn’s data uncovers career paths by matching your skills to thousands of job titles. Use this tool to help you find possible job transitions, based on LinkedIn insights into skills similarity.

Workforce Data: Real-time data and updates including Labor market insights, Workforce Confidence Index, and LinkedIn workforce reports.

For the most recent list of skilling resources from Microsoft for K12, Higher Education, and Workforce Development, check out the Microsoft Skilling Resources Dashboard at https://aka.ms/MicrosoftSkillingResources.

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