- Launches program leveraging Trailhead, Salesforce's free
online learning platform, to train people for
roles as Salesforce Certified Administrators and Developers
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Infosys (NYSE:
INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and
consulting, today announced a new program to prepare Americans for
21st-century careers in the technology sector. The program will
offer 500 job seekers the opportunity to complete a fully digital,
online diploma course certified by Salesforce, following an
aptitude test that matches them with available entry-level tech
jobs at Infosys. Leveraging Trailhead, Salesforce's free online
learning platform, the program will train these 500 American
workers, free of cost, for roles at Infosys as Salesforce Certified
Administrators and Salesforce Industries Developers.
The program, targeting recent graduates from major universities,
liberal arts colleges, and community colleges, will help Infosys to
create a workforce prepared for the future. The program will
also continue to help the company build new pathways for talent to
transition from traditional jobs across various industries and
workstreams to digital jobs of the future.
Ravi Kumar, President,
Infosys, said, "At Infosys, we see every day that the relevance
of technical skills is short-lived, but technical aptitude is
invaluable, when matched with organizational confidence and ability
to train individuals in specific skills that make them productive.
Getting the right people ready for the right roles can be better
achieved by embracing creative new approaches. Infosys' new program
leveraging Trailhead for digital skills learning is another
investment in this direction that will enable us to expand our
hiring to include more people, while creating upward mobility, so
more of us can live the American dream."
This comes on the back of several investments that Infosys has
already made in training and reskilling the American workforce,
including the Reskill and Restart initiative launched last
year to fulfill employment needs in the country following
COVID-19.
Amy Regan Morehouse, Senior
Vice President, Trailhead Academy GTM, said, "In today's
digital-first world, it's critical that companies invest in
workforce development programs that provide new learning
opportunities for both employees and for anyone looking to learn
in-demand tech skills. Companies like Infosys are leading the way
to pave new pathways for digital skills education, and we're
excited to power their reskilling efforts with Trailhead and bring
new jobs to the Salesforce ecosystem."
Infosys is proud to be part of the Salesforce Talent Alliance,
an initiative that empowers partners to bring new and diverse
pipelines of Salesforce-certified talent into the Salesforce
ecosystem. Infosys participates in numerous Salesforce talent
programs, such as Pathfinder, Salesforce Military, and the
Salesforce Fellowship Program, Hiring our Heroes.
Salesforce, Trailhead and others are among the trademarks of
salesforce.com, inc.
About Trailhead
Trailhead is Salesforce's free online learning platform that
allows people to learn from anywhere and earn globally recognized
credentials that help them land and excel in roles across the
Salesforce ecosystem. Since launching in 2014, Trailhead has helped
nearly 3.7 million people learn in-demand skills for the future of
work.
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services
and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to
navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades
of experience in managing the systems and workings of global
enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital
journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered
core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower
the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented
levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning
agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and
transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our
innovation ecosystem.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE:
INFY) (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.
Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth
prospects, financial expectations and plans for navigating the
COVID-19 impact on our employees, clients and stakeholders are
forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the 'safe
harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in such
forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to
these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and
uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the effects of government and
other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks related to an
economic downturn or recession in India, the United
States and other countries around the world, changes in
political, business, and economic conditions, fluctuations in
earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to
manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those
factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in
India, our ability to attract and
retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on
fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration,
restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our
ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for
technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication
networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete
and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our
service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys
has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of
governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional
conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring
companies outside India,
unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic
conditions affecting our industry and the outcome of pending
litigation and government investigation. Additional risks that
could affect our future operating results are more fully described
in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings
including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2021. These filings are
available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make
additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including
statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The
Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements
that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company
unless it is required by law.
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