Ivy Tech’s Franklin campus is pictured in a file photo.
Ivy Tech Community College, in partnership with national nonprofit, Jobs for the Future, will offer five Google Certificates at no cost to students as part of the College’s Ivy+ IT Academy.
The Google Career Certificates program prepares learners for entry-level jobs in the in-demand fields of cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, project management and UX design. This offering will equip students with job-ready skills as they pursue their degree, while also connecting them to career resources and a network of over 150 companies through the program’s employer consortium, according to a news release on the partnership.
In collaboration with corporate partner, TechPoint, Ivy+ IT Academy’s offering of the Google Career Certificates will support the company’s goal of increasing the state’s tech workforce by 41,000 by 2030 and solidify Indiana’s national reputation as a tech hub. Designed and taught by Google employees, each certificate includes over 150+ practice and graded assessments, quizzes, or writing assignments to ensure rigor and mastery, the news release says.
To help prepare learners for jobs, the program provides resources including resume templates, coaching and interview practice. Graduates are also connected with an employer consortium of over 150 companies—including American Express, Ford, Verizon, Walmart and Google — that hire in the certificate fields, the news release says.
Launched in 2018, over 150,000 people have graduated from the Google Career Certificates program in the U.S. So far, 75% of them report a positive career impact — such as a new job, higher pay, or a promotion — within six months of completion, and 55% of graduates identify as Asian, Black, or Latino, the news release says.
To learn more about the Google Career Certificates program or to enroll, visit the Ivy+ IT Academy webpage or follow the IT Academy on LinkedIn.
