SkillStorm announced a partnership with the City University of New York to provide free online technical training micro-courses and employer-paid technical training channels

Jacksonville, Florida–(Business Information)–SkillStorm, a technology talent accelerator that recruits, trains, certifies and deploys IT talents, and the City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban public university in the United States, announced a partnership this week to provide free self-paced, CUNY students and alumni Online technical training courses.

The micro courses supported by SkillStorm instructors are designed to provide CUNY students and alumni with an easier way to acquire the required technical skills. Micro courses introduce AWS, Salesforce, Pega, ServiceNow, Cyber​​Security, etc. CUNY students and graduates from various backgrounds, with almost no coding experience, can visit SkillStorm’s micro-courses and get support from industry mentors in the process.

Speaking of the partnership, Joe Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer of SkillStorm, said: “The pandemic has accelerated the global digital transformation plan, and there are still hundreds of thousands of entry-level technical positions open. We are very happy to work with CUNY to nurture the most needed Our technical skills provide more ways to help prepare a highly skilled and diverse workforce for the future. We recruit hundreds of college graduates and veterans every year, and look forward to being among the many talented and skilled recruits through this program One of the companies of CUNY graduates.”

“The City University of New York is honored to partner with SkillStorm to provide hundreds of CUNY students and alumni with free market-driven training so that they can develop the much-needed skills employers are looking for,” said Lauren Andersen, Dean of the City University of New York School of Industry and Talent Cooperation. “This partnership is an important complement to the City University of New York Skills Upgrading Program, an effort launched during the pandemic to connect New Yorkers with the skills needed to develop a resilient, upwardly mobile career. ”

All courses are completely online and asynchronous, allowing students to complete at their own pace without having to leave their regular courses or careers. More detailed information on how CUNY students and alumni can register for these courses can be found here.

About Skill Storm

SkillStorm was founded in 2002 with the mission of accelerating career development in high-demand technologies. We hire, train and deploy Stormers from all backgrounds and experience levels, who use today’s demanding technologies such as AWS, Salesforce, Pega, ServiceNow, and Appian. We are committed to recruiting and training college graduates and veterans for high-growth technical careers for Fortune 100 clients. Through these dedicated efforts, we are able to establish a reliable and exclusive pipeline of high-quality American technical talents with the skills and licensing levels required to support our customers’ key technology programs. As a flexible technical labor partner, we provide a fully assembled technical team with any experience, skill set and licensing level. Stormers are deployed at the customer’s site or our delivery center in the United States.

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About the City University of New York

The City University of New York is the largest urban public university in the United States. It is an engine of change for social mobility and an important part of the lifeblood of New York City. Founded in 1847, CUNY is the first free public higher education institution in the United States. Today, it has 7 community colleges, 11 advanced colleges, and 7 graduate or professional institutions distributed in five administrative districts of New York City, with 500,000 students of all ages Duan’s students provide services and award 55,000 degrees each year. The combination of quality and affordability of the City University of New York has prompted the number of low-income students to enter the middle class and other classes almost six times the sum of all Ivy League schools. More than 80% of college graduates stay in New York, contribute to all aspects of the city’s economic, civic, and cultural life, and diversify the workforce in all sectors of the city. Graduates and faculty members of the City University of New York have won many prestigious honors, including 13 Nobel Prizes and 26 MacArthur “Genius” awards. The historical mission of the university continues to this day: to provide first-class public education to all students, regardless of their means or background.