Alteryx Announces New Global Upskilling Program to Certify Thousands of Data Workers in 2020
Alteryx for Good initiative provides workforce impacted by COVID-19 pandemic with free data analytics training and opportunity to receive Udacity Nanodegree
Alteryx, revolutionizing business through data science and analytics, announced the launch of a new program called Advancing Data and Analytics Potential Together (ADAPT). ADAPT is the newest pillar of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiative, Alteryx For Good, and will offer free data training to thousands of workers globally who have found themselves unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Every graduate will be certified in the fundamentals of data analytics through Alteryx Core Certification and will be given the opportunity to advance to Udacity Nanodegree program in predictive analytics. This program is part of a broader drive to expand data literacy, upskill workers adversely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and educate a new wave of citizen data scientists to thrive in the data economy.
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Last year, the World Economic Forum report, Data Science in the New Economy: A new race for talent in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, found that data science roles were among the “highest in-demand roles in the labor market.” This global demand is not limited to the information technology sector; the value and importance of data insights, especially in the environment brought on by COVID-19, is now appreciated across every industry and vertical. The report urges, “In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, all sectors will need to undergo a fundamental transformation to fully absorb the potential dividends of the data economy. Such transformations will need to be accompanied by appropriate talent investments in data science skills.”
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“COVID-19 underscores the importance of something we’ve believed in for a long time – data analytics technology complements and enhances our human capabilities. We believe this program will help us prove that everyone can become a data worker,” said Dean Stoecker, co-founder and CEO of Alteryx. “If the pandemic has demonstrated anything, it’s that governments, healthcare providers and businesses of all kinds need to embed data analytics throughout their organizations. Nimble, data-led businesses also need educated data workers. We’ve been working for years to train citizen data scientists and match them with accessible, useful tools. ADAPT recognizes that the timing is now critical for businesses that urgently need to transform and evolve.”
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