Over 60,000 people in Bangladesh acquire digital skills during Covid-19
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Splash
  • Features
  • Videos
  • Long Read
  • Games
  • Epaper
  • More
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Subscribe
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2022
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2022
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Splash
  • Features
  • Videos
  • Long Read
  • Games
  • Epaper
  • More
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Subscribe
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
Over 60,000 people in Bangladesh acquire digital skills during Covid-19

ICT

TBS Report
08 April, 2021, 05:20 pm
Last modified: 08 April, 2021, 06:12 pm

Related News

  • Microsoft to unplug Internet Explorer as it seeks edge in browser war
  • S&P 500, Nasdaq close at record highs ahead of tech earnings wave
  • Digital skills, robust safetynet help Covid recovery
  • Google to provide Mideast grants, loans to train digital skills

Over 60,000 people in Bangladesh acquire digital skills during Covid-19

From laid-off factory workers to retail associates and truck drivers, millions of people have turned to online learning courses from GitHub, LinkedIn, and Microsoft during the pandemic

TBS Report
08 April, 2021, 05:20 pm
Last modified: 08 April, 2021, 06:12 pm
Over 60,000 people in Bangladesh acquire digital skills during Covid-19

Microsoft Corporation has recently announced that it has helped over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, of which over 60,000 of them are from Bangladesh. 

From laid-off factory workers to retail associates and truck drivers, millions of people have turned to online learning courses from GitHub, LinkedIn, and Microsoft during the pandemic to help prepare for and secure the most in-demand roles, including customer service projects management and data analysis, reads a press release on Thursday.

The announcement builds on the company's efforts to help people by extending through 2021 free LinkedIn Learning and Microsoft Learn courses and low-cost certifications that align to 10 of the most in-demand jobs. The next stage of the initiative sets a new foundation for a skills-based economy through a suite of new tools and platforms designed to connect skilled job seekers with employers. 

Afif Mohamed Ali, country managing director of Microsoft Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, and Nepal, said, "It has become vital for individuals to learn and improve their set of skills that will help them emerge stronger in the post-pandemic world. Thus, we have collaborated with LinkedIn to double our efforts to support the development of a more inclusive skill-based labor market, to create more alternatives, greater flexibility, and access learning paths to connect more people with new job opportunities."

LinkedIn plans to help 250,000 companies globally make skills-based hires this year through new and existing hiring products. The company will provide both new ways for job seekers to demonstrate their skills and new tools for employers to connect to candidates based on their skill proficiencies including, LinkedIn Skills Path, LinkedIn profile features, and LinkedIn Skills Graph.  

Olivier Legrand, managing director and vice-president, Asia Pacific & China, LinkedIn said, "More and more, we are seeing skills-based hiring becoming critical in our world of work. We've seen people across the globe express a desire to learn and build their skills, and organizations too, are hiring based on skills instead of traditional qualifications. LinkedIn, together with Microsoft, are committed to helping everyone shift towards a skills-based economy."

As part of the initiative, Microsoft has worked closely with its nonprofit partners to provide wrap-around support with coaching, mentoring, and networking to nearly 6 million learners worldwide. Microsoft will apply these lessons more broadly and is announcing a new online service, Career Connector, that will provide 50,000 job seekers worldwide with the opportunity to secure a tech-enabled job over the next three years. It will focus on learners who have built skills via Microsoft's nonprofit and learning partners, emphasizing women and underrepresented minorities in technology.  

Bangladesh / Tech / Top News

digital skills / Microsoft Corporation

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Corporates go cashless…tax cut on cards
    Corporates go cashless…tax cut on cards
  • Rising revenue collection a false dawn, economists say
    Rising revenue collection a false dawn, economists say
  • Illustration: TBS
    Govt may reduce fine on VAT evasion

MOST VIEWED

  • Bangabandhu global cyber security awareness award to be introduced: Palak
    Bangabandhu global cyber security awareness award to be introduced: Palak
  • Picture: Courtesy
    UNDP, ICT Division sign agreement on cybersecurity campaign 
  • State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak. Photo: Courtesy
    Palak calls for Bangladesh, India to work as knowledge partners
  • Prime Minister's ICT Adviser and CRI Chairperson Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Photo: UNB
    Digital leaps helped Bangladesh navigate the pandemic: Joy
  • Missed Call: Why outsourcing call centres never took off
    Missed Call: Why outsourcing call centres never took off
  • Turkey keen to collaborate with Bangladesh in ICT sector
    Turkey keen to collaborate with Bangladesh in ICT sector

Related News

  • Microsoft to unplug Internet Explorer as it seeks edge in browser war
  • S&P 500, Nasdaq close at record highs ahead of tech earnings wave
  • Digital skills, robust safetynet help Covid recovery
  • Google to provide Mideast grants, loans to train digital skills

Features

Musk is denying the sexual harassment allegation that surfaced this week. Photo: Bloomberg

Elon Musk’s crazily banal week 

18h | Panorama
Asus Zenbook 14 Flip OLED: A touch of brilliance to your life

Asus Zenbook 14 Flip OLED: A touch of brilliance to your life

21h | Brands
Keep your phone by your side with this armband

Keep your phone by your side with this armband

19h | Brands
Are Focallure gel masks worth the hype?

Are Focallure gel masks worth the hype?

20h | Brands

More Videos from TBS

Why are Duranta TV shows popular?

Why are Duranta TV shows popular?

13h | Videos
Donbas is hell, says Zelenskiy

Donbas is hell, says Zelenskiy

14h | Videos
Threat of Monkeypox on the horizon

Threat of Monkeypox on the horizon

15h | Videos
Mosque of Mughal period in Gazipur

Mosque of Mughal period in Gazipur

15h | Videos

Most Read

1
Tk100 for bike, Tk2,400 for bus to cross Padma Bridge
Bangladesh

Tk100 for bike, Tk2,400 for bus to cross Padma Bridge

2
A packet of US five-dollar bills is inspected at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Banking

Dollar hits Tk100 mark in open market

3
Bangladesh at risk of losing ownership of Banglar Samriddhi
Bangladesh

Bangladesh at risk of losing ownership of Banglar Samriddhi

4
PK Halder: How a scamster rose from humble beginnings to a Tk11,000cr empire
Crime

PK Halder: How a scamster rose from humble beginnings to a Tk11,000cr empire

5
BSEC launches probe against Abul Khayer Hero and allies
Stocks

BSEC launches probe against Abul Khayer Hero and allies

6
The reception is a volumetric box-shaped room that has two glass walls on both the front and back ends and the other two walls are adorned with interior plants, wood and aluminium screens. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Habitat

The United House: Living and working inside nature

The Business Standard
Top
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • About Us
  • Bangladesh
  • International
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Economy
  • Sitemap
  • RSS

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net

Copyright © 2022 THE BUSINESS STANDARD All rights reserved. Technical Partner: RSI Lab