GRADY TRIMBLE, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
STAY WARM.
THANKS FOR THAT.
>>> MEANWHILE, INTRODUCING
GOOGLE’S PLAN TO DISRUPT THE
COLLEGE DEGREE.
GOOGLE IS MAKING IT A LITTLE
EASIER FOR JOB SEEKERS TO ADAPT
TO THE CHANGING ECONOMY BY
OFFERING PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE
JOB-SKILLS WITH NO DEGREE OR
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.
HERE NOW GROW WITH GOOGLE VICE
PRESIDENT LISA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US TODAY.
I’M GOING TO PUT THIS IN CONTENT
OF A SITUATION WHERE MANY OF US
ARE DEBATING WHETHER PEOPLE
SHOULD BE GETTING COLLEGE
DEGREES WITH THE HIGH COST OF
EDUCATION, THE LOANS THEY HAVE
TO PAY BACK, AND THEY KIND OF
WEIGH THIS RISK/REWARD BALANCE
OF WHETHER THEY CAN RECOUP THAT
MONEY AND GET THE JOB THEY NEED.
THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING
PROGRAM COMING OUT OF THE
PANDEMIC THAT GOOGLE IS
LAUNCHING HELP YOU REALLY HONE
IN AND FOCUS ON A SKILL SET.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> YEAH, JACKIE, WE’RE AT A
REALLY IMPORTANT MOMENT RIGHT
NOW IN AMERICA’S ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
10 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UP
EMPLOYED, 80 MILLION AMERICANS
DO NOT HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE AND
FEEL LIKE THAT IS A BARRIER TO
GETTING A GOOD JOB.
BUT WHAT WE’VE LEARNED IS WITH
THINGS LIKE OUR CAREER
CERTIFICATE, YOU GET THE RIGHT
SKILLS, AND WE JUST CONNECT
PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT EMPLOYERS,
AND WE CAN CREATE REAL ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE.
JACKIE: AND IT’S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SUBJECTS
THAT ARE OFFERED, FOR EXAMPLE,
ARE WHERE THE DEMAND IS OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND LITERALLY, THAT YOU COULD
COMPLETE A CERTIFICATE LIKE THIS
IN ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS, AND THE
COST HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
WOULD BE ABOUT $240 PER PERSON.
AND THAT GOOGLE IS OFFERING
100,000 NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS.
>> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT.
WE DELIBERATELY PICKED JOB
FIELDS THAT WERE IN DEMAND AND
GROWING AND HIGH PAYING.
ALL OF OUR CAREER FIELDS -- I.T.
SUPPORT, DATA ANALYTICS, USER
EXPERIENCE DESIGN AND PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT -- HAVE ENTRY-LEVEL
SALARIES OF $69,000 A YEAR OR
MORE, AND ALL OF THEM ARE
GROWING FIELDS.
WE DESIGN THE CERTIFICATES
LITERALLY SO THAT WORKING PEOPLE
DO THEM.
WE KNOW NOT EVERYONE HAS THE
CLUBSLY TO SIT IN THE CLASSROOM,
SO THESE CERTIFICATES ARE ALL
HOSTED ONLINE, AND YOU CAN DO
THEM ON YOUR OWN TIME, AS YOU
SAY, IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.
JACKIE: WHEN FIRST WAS READING
THIS, I THOUGHT, OH, MY
GOODNESS, IS GOOGLE PUTTING
THEMSELVES OUT THIS AS A
UNIVERSITY.
YOU’RE NOT, YOU’RE PARTNERING
WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, AND SO THIS IS
SORT OF -- IT’S STREAMLINED IN
THIS WAY WITH GOOGLE SUPPORT
BEHIND IT.
>> YEAH.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
WE’RE DOING IS ACTUALLY
PARTNERING WITH EMPLOYERS.
SO WHAT WE’VE DONE IS PARTNERED
WITH OVER 130 EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE
RECOGNIZED THE CREDENTIALS AS
TRAINING PEOPLE TO BE JOB READY
FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY’RE HIRING
FOR.
THERE ARE OVER 1.3 MILLION JOBS
OPEN IN THE U.S. RIGHT NOW IN
THESE FIELDS.
WE’VE GOT 130 EMPLOYERS WHO ARE
EAGER THE HIRE THOSE GRADUATES,
AND THEY’RE COMPANIES FOLKS KNOW
FROM EVERY DAY, HOME DEPOT,
SMUCKERS, BUT ALSO WE PARTNERED
WITH GUILD EDUCATION TO HELP
RESKILL AMERICA’S FRONT-LINE
WORKERS AT PLACES LIKE WALMART,
AND WE’RE REALLY EXCITED THAT
EMPLOYERS LIKE BETTER.COM HAVE
NOW AGREED AND COMMITTED TO HIRE
HUNDREDS AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF
THESE CAREER CERTIFICATE
GRADUATES FOR THEIR OWN HIRING
NEEDS.
JACKIE: THAT’S REALLY
INTERESTING.
AND WHEN YOU WERE TALKING THE
EARLY ABOUT THE INTI-LEVEL
SALARY, 69,000, IT’S REALLY
AMAZING.
YOU’LL TALK TO A LOT OF COLLEGE
GRADUATES WHO WILL SAY THEIR
FIRST JOB OUT OF SCHOOL MAY NOT
BE THAT HIGH.
BUT LET ME JUST ASK YOU THIS.
THERE’S A LOT OF GLAND IN HEALTH
CARE, FOR EXAMPLE -- DEMAND IN
HEALTH CARE, FOR EXAMPLE,
NURSING HOMES DON’T HAVE ENOUGH
STAFF OR WORKERS, ARE THERE
OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN HEALTH CARE
AS WELL?
>> YEAH.
RIGHT NOW WE’RE REALLY FOCUSED
ON TEACHING THE THINGS THAT WE
KNOW BEST.
ALL OF THESE COURSES ARE TAUGHT
BY EXPERTS AT GOOGLE WHO HAVE
DECADES AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
IN THESE SPECIFIC FIELDS AND, OF
COURSE, GOOGLE HIRES THE
GRADUATES AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN SOME REALLY
EXCITING THINGS.
FOR EXAMPLE, JOHNS HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY CREATED THEIR OWN
CREDENTIALS STACKED ON TOP OF
OURS THAT TRAINS PEOPLE
SPECIFICALLY TO BE HEALTH CARE
I.T. SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS.
JACKIE: LISA, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
AND FOR EXPLAINING THIS TO US.
I’M SURE MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING