INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Udacity today announced a new partnership with Google that will make a number of career courses freely available to recent graduates and
The free career courses, which mark a first for Udacity, will focus on helping employees improve their chances of getting a job, no matter
whether that a first job or we are talking about a mid-career course change.
The two companies trialed this approach with the &Networking
for Career Success& course, which launched in March
At the time, they made that course available to 60,000 Grow with Google scholarsand it now part of the 12 courses Udacity and Google are
launching together.
The new courses cover a wide swath of topics that range from helping you refresh your resume and write a cover letter to
giving you tips for optimizing your GitHub profile and strengthening your LinkedIn Network
But there also are more technical topics, and Udacity will offer a &Data Structures and Algorithms in Python& class, as well as a course on
using Swift for technical interviews.
This next generation of talent will enter the job market possessing a diverse range of skills, but
facing a lot of competition, and a rapidly-shifting hiring landscape,& writes Udacity VP of Careers Kathleen Mullaney
&They&re going to need every resource they can get to make sure they&re able to compete successfully for available roles
They are not alone in benefiting from this kind of support
Mid-career professionals pursuing career change, older workers returning to the workforce, and anyone looking ahead to a job search, will
find these courses valuable as well.
Udacity has long partnered with industry partners, so it no surprise the company is now working with
Google itself has worked with both Udacity and its competitor Coursera over the years for launching both career-oriented courses and more
technical classes that range from introductions to programming and IT skills classes to in-depth machine learning courses.
