If you are interested in preparing for a role in digital and IT, the IBM SkillsBuild is a great place to go next to get more skills and knowledge.
It is a free digital platform that gives you the opportunity to develop technology and professional skills, regardless of your background, education or life experiences. It is focused on digital and it provides a wide range of high-quality content from many different leading providers.
Here is how it works:
Start
You start by assessing your skills and personality against job roles.
Learn
SkillsBuild then sets out different learning paths for you to complete around careers which are likely to match your skills and personality, like Customer Service Representative, Web Developer or Cybersecurity Professional.
Get a badge
Once you have completed a learning path, you will earn externally recognised badges. You can then add these badges to your CV to show to any employer what skills you have.
Additional support
You can also get additional support in form of guidance from IBM mentors and enhanced access to the SkillsBuild platform through IBM’s partner organisations for free. The enhanced access includes access to project based learning, innovation camps, certifications, additional learning pathways and wrap around support into work.
Here is what you need to do:
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If you don’t have a LinkedIn, Google or Facebook id, create an IBMid to get started. Register at dedicated webpage.
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The InnerGenius assessment takes about an hour and will suggest possible learning paths. If you already know what you want to do, you can skip this step and go straight to the learning
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Have a look at the Quick Tour to get familiar with the site before your start.
Follow the suggested learning path or, a good place to start, is the “Foundations: Working in a Digital World”.
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Make sure you showcase your City & Guilds Step into Digital Technologies badge and all your SkillsBuild learning. Search IBM roles on the dedicated webpage.
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For mentoring support: Click on ‘Recommendations’ at the top of the screen and then ‘Mentoring’ on the dedicated webpage
For opportunities to work on projects: connect with any of IBM UK partners.
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