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Building the workforce of tomorrow
Overview
To keep up with rapid technological advancement and the new world of work, current and future generations of leaders should be equipped with the right skills and mindset. Innovating in classrooms and beyond and creating citizen-centric services means taking advantage of the latest technology. It also means empowering the people who build and use it.
These resources demonstrate the path to achieving a more diverse and prepared workforce—and how tech can help.
How to Develop a Digital-Ready Workforce
Review this guide to help identify your starting point. The Canadian government has made vast strides to adapt to their citizens’ changing needs as the digital world continues to expand. Read on to dive into their recommendations and lessons learned.
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Discover the different ways the public sector innovates in an ever-changing digital world to help you find your next steps.
Reskilling your team
Tackling Transformation
The future of work is in the cloud, but is your organization ready? From redesigning your communication efforts to addressing learning techniques, the journey to cloud adoption is different for everyone. Unearth tips for reskilling your team, and create a culture of consistency.
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Upskilling in Higher Ed
Oklahoma State University in Oklahoma City trained their existing talent pool on reporting and database management cloud services. Within four months, their team created a functional data lake containing nearly one million lines of data. Learn how to upskill your workforce and make data-driven decisions.
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Stages and Changes
Your Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) is foundational to your organization's culture shift and cloud journey. From small cloud teams to cloud enabled organizations, hear from public sector organizations on how they are using their CCoE to meet their mission at every stage of adoption.
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Accelerating Cloud Learning
Reskilling your workforce helps your organization remove barriers to cloud technology. AWS DigiGov, a two-day education program for government officials, helps you get started.
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Attracting the brightest minds
How Can Government Grow and Recruit Digital Talent?
Hear from two tech leaders on how governments can build digital talent. From upskilling current employees to recruiting new talent, the pair offer tips on investing in your staff and how to grow your own capability.
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The Global Digital Skills Landscape
Over the past decade, cloud technology has been the driver of digital transformation, allowing organizations to operate with greater efficiency—and more importantly, innovate at speed. Learn about investing in talent, digital adoption, and public sector programs around the world focused on developing digital skills.
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Unite Around Cloud and AWS to Drive Opportunity
Learn how Los Angeles County is dedicated to bridging the skills gap by promoting cloud opportunities in nearby community colleges and high schools. By working with AWS Educate, LA County has emphasized the need to educate their current workforces.
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The Future of Work is in the Cloud
Cloud and distributed computing skills have been rated as the most sought-after by employers for the past four years running, according to LinkedIn. As the demand for cloud-skilled talent expands, so does the need for communities to develop effective pipelines that drive economic growth and opportunity.
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Building a diverse workforce
A Cloud-Ready UK Workforce
Hear panelists discuss how the current global skills gap impacts governments, educational institutions, and nonprofits. From overcoming these issues to building diverse and inclusive workforces, uncover new ways to create an adaptable organization.
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Empowering Women in Tech
The future of tech should also be accessible, flexible, and inclusive. This vision is the foundation of our We Power Tech program, which focuses on building a pool of technologists as diverse as our world.
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Educating New Builders
AWS seeks to make the future of technology inclusive of every color, gender, belief, origin, and community. To nurture future diverse leaders in technology during Black History Month, AWS worked to educate the next generation of students on cloud career opportunities and how to excel in the technology industry.
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Supporting Diverse Talent
Experts predict that the technology sector will help lead the way to job growth and economic recovery. See how nonprofit NPower is providing career opoprtunities and training to underserved populations including young adults, minorities, women, and veterans.
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Creating a better world
Cloud for Climate Research
Learn from scientists at NC State University’s North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCIS) who used AWS to aid their climate research. Dive into the lessons they learned and how they leveraged the cloud to innovate rapidly.
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Panel: AI for Social Good
From understanding the power of machine learning and data science to answering ethical and social questions about actively using these services, listen to leaders in the public sector discuss how to best use these technologies while accepting social responsibility.
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Innovating Healthcare
Virtual care, big health data, and technology development can revolutionize medical and health care delivery. Learn how virtual AWS training can help healthcare professionals build cloud skills and spur innovation.
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Athabasca University
Athabasca University is dedicated to creating an accessible curriculum for all. Learn how the university leveraged the cloud to help increase access to education internationally and for those in rural communities.
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Inspiring the next generation
Preparing Youth in the UAE
Dedicated to inspiring the next generation of technology leaders, AWS, Abdulla AI Ghurair Foundation for Education, and the World Bank hosted the Skills for The Future Initiative. Discover how the program provided students and educators with the necessary tools to accelerate cloud-related learning.
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Cloud Degree Announcements
See how AWS Educate’s Cloud Degree initiative is changing curricula around the world. From establishing cloud-inspired degrees to cloud-focused jobs, many communities use AWS Educate to help build their students' futures.
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Global Student Entrepreneurs
Dedicated to inspiring the next generation of cloud experts, The Global Student Entrepreneurs Awards allows students the chance to test their skills. With 52 students competing, all had hopes of representing their country as national winners.
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Students Shaping Tech
Learning cloud skills early can shape the future of technology. The AWS Educate team works closely with Singapore Polytechnic to help young builders fully leverage the cloud and build a better future for our communities.
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Be Inspired
Learn from Andy Jassy, AWS CEO, as he speaks on Amazon’s working backwards strategy and how organizations amplify employees' strengths. Recorded at the 2019 AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington, DC, Jassy highlights the importance of new technical skills required for socioeconomic advancement and how the future of work changes with technology. Dive deep to learn how to stay ahead of the digital curve.
Customers
"Talent is about how much courage you're willing to have, how collaborative you're willing to be, how much you're willing to take some risk. Talent is about how you believe."
Aneeta Bains, Chief Digital Officer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada
"Always be responsive to the workforce needs, not only within the business area, but also within our communities that we serve."
Joyce Williams, Associate Vice Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District
"Creating this culture of developer empowerment, it’s not just about continuous learning, it’s also about continuous teaching."
Jeff Olson, College Board, Chief Data Officer and Senior Vice President, Technology Strategy
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AWS Institute
The AWS Institute breaks down barriers between public, private, and nonprofit sectors to identify common problems and engage technology experts to find a path forward.
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AWS Educate
AWS Educate is Amazon’s global initiative to provide students and educators with the resources needed to accelerate cloud-related learning.
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We Power Tech
We Power Tech creates allies and leaders who are powering the future. Build skills, get engaged with the community, and inspire the next generation.
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Cloud Innovation Centers
The Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) Program provides an opportunity for nonprofits, education institutions, and government agencies to collaborate with other public sector organizations on their most pressing challenges and access the technology expertise of AWS.
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Training
AWS Training and Certification helps you build and validate your cloud skills so you can get more out of the cloud.
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AWS Academy
AWS Academy provides higher education institutions with a free, ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum that prepares students to pursue industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud jobs.