Pilot program in Michigan, mentioned by Obama in speech, designed to create new job opportunities
Cisco this week launched a workforce retraining initiative in an effort to create jobs during one of the most economically trying times in American history. Cisco says the pilot program, unveiled in Michigan, was “lauded” by President Obama in a speech at Macomb Community College in Warren, MI.
Under the program, Cisco is partnering with community colleges, universities, health care institutions and others to offer broadband, security and heathcare information technology training. Cisco says it plans to invest “several million dollars over the next few years” to implement the program in Michigan, one of the hardest hit states in terms of job loss during the economic recession.
The program can enroll 5,000 students in Michigan within a year, Cisco says.
The workforce retraining intiative will tap into Cisco’s Networking Academy, which currently enrolls 128,000 students across the country. The Cisco Networking Academy provides IT and networking skills for designing, building and maintaining IP infrastructure.
The retraining program will be available in September at 21 Michigan community colleges and universities that currently offer the Networking Academy curriculum.
Hey, if you’re out of work, Cisco thinks you might as well make or sell product for Cisco. Then again, there’s no guarantee of a job at Cisco while it pares its own workforce — but you apparently won’t hear that from Cisco.
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