Google Cloud has announced the initial UK pilot of its new cloud training programme, Project Katalyst, a Google Cloud Academy course specifically targeting underrepresented and underprivileged individuals in the company’s workplace.
Taking place this summer, the Project Katalyst programme has been designed to help solve the industry’s challenge to inclusively increase the pool of available skilled talent in the market and prepare participants for their first role working with Google Cloud Partners.
The programme has been set up with Google Cloud and its charity partner, Generation UK, that have developed the new cloud programme to support people who have previously faced barriers to employment and are motivated to launch careers in the technology sector
The Katalyst programme will provide inclusivity to Google Cloud’s partners by providing a source of diverse and highly-motivated, entry-level talent equipped with specific skills, mindsets and behaviour.
The 12-week training programme with consist of developing both technical and soft skills, where participants will complete a Google Cloud Digital Leader certification, following an Associate Cloud Engineer certification within the first six months of joining a Google Cloud Partner
