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Arkansas and Grow with Google Partner to Build High-Skill Talent Pipeline

Arkansas is helping to build the workforce of the future by offering access to resources that will prepare workers and businesses for the technology-driven workplace of today and tomorrow. Arkansas is partnering with Grow with Google on a new initiative that will give Arkansans across the state the training they need to thrive as new technologies change the global economy.

The Grow with Google initiative offers free access to multiple job training programs that provide certificates and credentials in fields such as cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, and IT support. Each program has been developed in cooperation with industry partners to meet the needs of employers and to provide a pathway for new careers and upskilling.

Arkansans participating in the Grow with Google partnership will learn job-ready skills that make them stand out to top employers. This partnership will enable Arkansans to learn at own pace, providing a path to high-growth career fields and opportunities.

With this initiative, Arkansas and Grow with Google will help build a robust pipeline of job-ready Arkansans who can meet the needs of businesses in the Natural State.

Arkansas continues to look forward, driving innovation and creating new opportunities for our residents. The Grow with Google partnership is an investment in Arkansas’ future that will prepare the workforce of tomorrow and fuel our economy’s growth in the years to come.

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Boost your career with in-demand AI skills

AI is changing how we work, offering new ways to make decisions, solve problems, and be more productive and creative. Learn how to harness these benefits with practical AI training from Grow with Google in courses that are about 5 hours.

The following Google AI courses are available:

Google AI Essentials

Google AI Essentials is a self-paced course designed to help people across roles and industries get essential AI skills to boost their productivity, zero experience required. The course is taught by AI experts at Google who are working to make the technology helpful for everyone. In under 5 hours, they’ll do more than teach you about AI — they’ll show you how to actually use it in the real world. Stuck at the beginning of a project? You’ll learn how to use AI tools to generate ideas and content. Planning an event? You’ll use AI tools to help research, organize, and make more informed decisions. Drowning in a flooded inbox? You’ll use AI tools to help speed up those daily work tasks like drafting email responses. You’ll also learn how to write effective prompts and use AI responsibly by identifying AI’s potential biases and avoiding harm. After you complete the course, you’ll earn a certificate from Google to share with your network. By using AI as a helpful collaboration tool, you can set yourself up for success in today’s dynamic workplace — and you don’t even need programming skills to use it.

Skills you will gain:

  • Use generative AI tools to help:
    • Develop ideas and content
    • Make more informed decisions
    • Speed up daily work tasks
  • Write effective prompts to help:
    • Summarize information
    • Create taglines, and more.
  • Use AI responsibly
  • Critical thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Iterative thinking

Google Prompting Essentials

Google Prompting Essentials is a course that helps people effectively prompt generative AI tools in 5 easy steps, to save time and simplify complex tasks. No previous experience is necessary. Taught by AI experts at Google, this self-paced course can be completed in under 6 hours. The course focuses on how to generate useful results, while keeping in mind responsible AI practices, like evaluating outputs for bias and errors. As they progress through the course, learners create a library of reusable prompts, so the next time they need a little help from AI, they’re not prompting from scratch. The skills from the course can be applied across any generative AI tool or model.

Skills you will gain:

  • How to prompt generative AI tools
  • How to design effective prompts
  • How to evaluate and iterate to achieve useful results
  • How to include different modalities, like text, image, and audio in prompts
  • How to use AI responsibly

Google Agile Essentials

Get the skills and confidence you need to bring order to your projects and deliver results faster with Google Agile Essentials. In under 10 hours, you’ll be able to focus on the most important tasks, break down projects into manageable steps, and use simple tools and documentation to keep your projects on track. You’ll practice your skills with real-world applications and earn a certificate from Google, ready to incorporate agile methodologies into any project.

Skills you will gain:

  • Confidently guide your team or organization through a shift to Agile
  • Build high performing Scrum teams through improved collaboration and communication
  • Increase project efficiency and organization to drive business outcomes
  • Develop tools and artifacts such as product backlogs, sprint plans, sprint backlogs and retrospectives

Google Career Certificates

Google Career Certificates give learners the skills they need to apply for more than 1.8 million in-demand jobs with a median salary of $93,000+ across the fields of cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, IT support, project management, and user experience (UX) design. Google Career Certificates are taught and developed by Google employees working in these fields; they are hands-on, practical, and rigorous. A Google Career Certificate can be completed in under 6 months at a suggested pace of 10 hours a week or less. 75% of certificate graduates report a positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion.

The following Google Career Certificates are available through Grow with Google:

The Google Data Analytics Certificate teaches learners how to prepare, process, and analyze data to help inform business decisions. This certificate program is for anyone who wants to enter the field of Data Analytics; no prior experience or specific knowledge is required.

Upon completing the Google Data Analytics Certificate, program graduates will:

  • Have working knowledge of essential data analysis platforms (spreadsheets, SQL, Tableau, R programming) and when to use them in the data lifecycle.
  • Understand how to translate a business question into a data analysis exercise, including transforming, visualizing, and modeling data.
  • Know how to distill findings into actionable takeaways.
  • Have the opportunity to complete a capstone project to be shared on their resume or added to their portfolio to showcase their skills to hiring partners.

The Google Advanced Data Analytics Certificate teaches learners how to use machine learning, predictive modeling, and experimental design to collect and analyze large amounts of data. Designed for people working in the field of data analytics or graduates of the Google Data Analytics Certificate program, this stackable credential helps learners enhance their technical skills with tools like Jupyter Notebook, Python, and Tableau and unlock more opportunities for career progression.

Upon completing the Google Advanced Data Analytics Certificate, program graduates will:

  • Explore the roles of data professionals within an organization
  • Create data visualizations and apply statistical methods to investigate data
  • Build regression and machine learning models to analyze and interpret data
  • Communicate insights from data analysis to stakeholders

The Google Project Management Certificate teaches learners how to manage projects efficiently and effectively, using traditional and agile methods. This certificate program is for anyone who wants to enter the field of Project Management; no prior experience or specific knowledge is required.

Certificate graduates qualify for over 100 hours of project management education that apply directly to requirements for globally-recognized PMI credentials, like the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® certification, at a discounted price.

Upon completing the Google Project Management Certificate, program graduates will:

  • Know how to manage and run agile and traditional projects & programs from initiation to completion.
  • Possess a toolbox of templates and artifacts to manage an array of scenarios and essential elements (e.g. schedules, budgets, requirements, etc.).
  • Understand organizational structure, business processes, effective communication and leadership styles.

The Google Cybersecurity Certificate teaches learners how to identify common cybersecurity risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, as well as the techniques to mitigate them.

This certificate program is for anyone who wants to enter the field of cybersecurity; no prior experience or specific knowledge is required. All you need is an interest in solving puzzles and helping others.

Upon completing the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, graduates will:

  • Understand the importance of cybersecurity practices and their impact for organizations.
  • Identify common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, as well as techniques to mitigate them.
  • Gain hands-on experience with Python, Linux, and SQL.
  • Protect networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access and cyber attacks using Security Information Event Management (SIEM) tools, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and network protocol analyzers (packet sniffing).

The Google Business Intelligence Certificate teaches learners how to create processes and information channels that transform data into actionable insights to inform business decisions. Designed for people working in the field of data analytics or graduates of the Google Data Analytics Certificate program, this stackable credential helps learners enhance their technical skills with tools like BigQuery, SQL, and Tableau and unlock more opportunities for career progression.

Upon completing the Google Business Intelligence Certificate, program graduates will:

  • Explore the roles of business intelligence (BI) professionals within an organization
  • Practice data modeling and extract, transform, load (ETL) processes that meet organizational goals
  • Design data visualizations that answer business questions
  • Create dashboards that effectively communicate data insights to stakeholders

The Google IT Support Certificate teaches learners the foundations of networking and operating systems or how to solve problems using code. This certificate program is for anyone who wants to enter the field of IT; no prior experience or specific knowledge is required.

Learners can earn a recommendation of 15 college credits for completing the IT Support Certificate, the equivalent of 5 college courses at bachelor’s degree level (link). Certificate graduates who also pass the CompTIA A+ certification exams will earn a dual credential from CompTIA and Google.

Upon completing the Google IT Support Certificate, Program graduates will:

  • Understand core concepts to all IT Support jobs, including troubleshooting, customer service, networking, system administration, operating systems, and security.
  • Know how to assemble a computer, write effective support documentation, route paths and subnets, manage device software, and more.
  • Dive into working with Linux, Cloud Computing, and Command-Line Interfaces.

The Google IT Automation with Python Certificate is for learners familiar with basic IT concepts. This stackable credential helps IT professionals build in-demand skills including Python, Git, and IT automation. This certificate can be completed in about 6 months and is

designed to prepare graduates for a variety of roles in IT, like more advanced IT Support Specialist or Junior Systems Administrator positions.

Upon completion of the Google IT Automation with Python, program graduates will:

  • Learn how to program with Python with no previous knowledge of coding required and you’ll use Python to automate common system administration tasks
  • Learn to use Git and GitHub, to troubleshoot and debug complex problems
  • Apply automation at scale by using configuration management and the Cloud
  • Practice your technical skills with hands-on projects including a capstone project where you’ll use your new knowledge to solve a real-world IT problem

The Google UX Design Certificate teaches learners the foundations of UX design, including empathizing with users, building wireframes and prototypes, and conducting research to test your designs. This certificate program is for anyone who wants to enter the field of UX Design; no prior experience or specific knowledge is required.

Upon completing the Google UX Design Certificate, program graduates will:

  • Have a portfolio website that includes as many as 3 end-to-end projects: a mobile app, a responsive website, and a cross-platform experience
  • Dive into working in Figma, one of the most in-demand design tools by employers.
  • Know how to follow the design thinking framework: empathize with users, define pain points, ideate solutions, create wireframes and prototypes, test and iterate on designs.
  • Understand the basics of UX research, like planning research studies, conducting interviews and usability studies, and synthesizing research results.

The Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate teaches learners how to manage digital marketing campaigns, attract and engage customers, and sell products online.

Learners can earn a recommendation of 9 college credits for completing the Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate, the equivalent of 3 college courses at the bachelor’s degree level (link).

Upon completing the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate, program graduates will:

  • Learn the fundamentals of digital marketing and e-commerce, including email marketing, marketing analytics & measurement, SEO / SEM, reaching customers & selling online, and building customer loyalty.
  • Apply digital marketing and e-commerce skills to help businesses grow their online presence and sales.
  • Get 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.
  • Construct artifacts that can be gathered into a portfolio to show to potential employers.
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