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Microsoft allies with community colleges to help U.S. train 250k new cybersecurity workers by 2025

GeekWire

Microsoft announced a scholarship program for U.S. The company says it will offer free curriculum to all of the nation’s public community colleges, training for faculty at 150 community colleges, and scholarships and other resources for 25,000 students. home to the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center. .

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AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle, boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people

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Amazon on Thursday is opening the doors to its first Amazon Web Services Skills Center in downtown Seattle. “It’s really the start of the journey into cloud regardless of whether they go into a business-side role or tech role,” said Maureen Lonergan , vice president of training and certification for AWS.

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Washington Technology Industry Association lays off 14% of staff

GeekWire

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) trade group is laying off 11 employees, or 14% of its workforce, with cuts mostly affecting positions in its non-profit tech worker apprenticeship program Apprenti. Launched in 2016, Apprenti provides free training and apprenticeships for candidates looking to work in the tech sector.

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Madrona teams up with Advancing Women in Product to boost female tech leadership

GeekWire

Advancing Women in Product (AWIP) , a nonprofit organization with more than 16,000 members internationally, is partnering with Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group and Madrona Venture Labs in order to expand its opportunities for training, mentoring and networking. AWIP and Madrona Photos). Membership includes women and men.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. Morgan Stanley’s IT department, for example, is helping nonprofits as part of its Technology Change Makers program.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

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The company provides back-end tech and software to help companies build training and onboarding programs. Skilljar raised $33 million in funding after the pandemic created increased demand for its services. Medina, co-founder and CEO, previously worked for Amazon Web Services and led a division of Microsoft.

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

Vox

Chanin Kelly-Rae was a manager of diversity for a division of Amazon Web Services in 2019. Recode reviewed some of this data for the Amazon Web Services division of the company, and it shows large disparities in performance review ratings between Black and white employees. “We Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.