Grow with Google started in 2017 to help Americans grow their skills, careers, and businesses. It provides training, tools, and expertise to help small business owners, veterans and military families, jobseekers and students, educators, startups, and developers. Since Grow with Google’s inception, it has helped more than ten million Americans develop new skills. Grow with Google has a network of more than 9,000 partner organizations like libraries, schools, small business development centers, chambers of commerce, and nonprofits to help people across the country.
Grow with Google launched the Google Career Certificates in 2018 to support skilling for in-demand fields. The certificates are available in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing and E-Commerce, IT Support, Project Management, and User Experience (UX) Design. The certificates do not require a degree or experience and can be completed online within 3-6 months of part-time study. The program includes an employer consortium of over 150 companies, including Walmart, Verizon, and Google, that are committed to considering graduates for relevant entry-level roles.
Over 500,000 people have graduated from the program globally (200,000 in the U.S.), and 75% of graduates report a positive career impact, such as a new job, higher pay, or a promotion, within six months of completion.
Fifty-five percent of US graduates identify as Asian, Black, or Latino.
Thirty-five percent of U.S. Certificate graduates come from the lowest income strata in the country, earning under $30K a year and are upskilling to fields with median incomes of $76k.


Certificate graduates learn how to help organizations
monitor and protect networks, devices, people, and data.
This certificate gives learners hands-on experience using Python, Linux, SQL, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, and intrusion detection systems.
The Google Cybersecurity Certificate helps prepare you for
the CompTIA Security+ exam, the industry leading certification for cybersecurity roles. You’ll earn a dual credential when you complete both.

Certificate graduates have a working knowledge of essential data analysis platforms — including spreadsheets, SQL, Tableau and R programming — and when to use them in the data life cycle.
Graduates also understand how to translate a business question into a data analysis exercise and to distill findings into actionable takeaways.
Google’s beginner Data Analytics Certificate has become the most popular Professional Certificate on Coursera globally.

Certificate graduates learn the fundamentals of digital marketing and e-commerce to help businesses grow their online presence and sales.
This certificate gives learners hands-on practice using popular digital marketing and e-commerce tools such as Canva, Constant Contact, Hootsuite, HubSpot, MailChimp, Shopify, Twitter, Google Ads, and Google Analytics.

Certificate graduates understand concepts core to all
IT support jobs, and know how to assemble a computer, write effective support documentation, route paths and subnets, manage device software, and more.
Graduates also dive into working with Linux, Cloud Computing and Command-Line Interfaces.

Certificate graduates know how to run traditional and Agile projects and programs from initiation to completion. They possess a toolbox of templates and artifacts to manage an array of scenarios and project elements, like schedules, budgets, and product requirements.
Graduates also understand organizational structure, process improvement, risk management techniques, and communication and leadership styles. Upon completion, they are eligible for over 100 education hours to qualify for PMI certifications.

Certificate graduates know how to follow the UX design process, understand the basics of UX research, and can work with Figma and Adobe XD — two of the most in-demand
design tools by employers.
Graduates also build portfolio websites to showcase their projects, including a mobile app, a responsive website, and
a cross-platform experience.

Scholarships for the new Google Career Certificates are now available, and Crittenden County Cares is excited to help bring these scholarships to our community.
The Google Career Certificate program can help you get on the fast track to a competitively paid job in a high-growth field. You don’t need relevant experience or a degree to complete this flexible, online job training. Just put the skills, passion, and ambition you already have to work.
Participants may work at their own pace to complete coursework or may submit to be among 20 selected for participating in a cohort class, which will receive added support and resources.
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