Microsoft aims to place 50,000 people in tech-skill jobs with help of LinkedIn upskilling courses

Microsoft is aiming to place 50,000 people in tech-skill jobs with the help of LinkedIn's upskilling courses owing to the thousands who lost employment due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Microsoft is aiming to place 50,000 people in technology-related jobs in the next three years with the help of the professional networking website LinkedIn to help out workers who took an employment hit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The jobs will be in Microsoft’s ecosystem of companies that use or sell its products. They will prioritise tech skills and will help the workers move into new fields. The programme will initially focus on the United States but expand beyond that starting next year.