亚马逊25亿美元「未来就绪2030」满一年：10亿美元投向员工教育，目标惠及5000万人
亚马逊11月12日公布其25亿美元「未来就绪2030」（Future Ready 2030）计划的一周年进展：该计划旨在扩大教育与技能培训机会，帮助至少5000万人为未来工作做好准备。过去一年，亚马逊已把其中10亿美元投向员工教育计划 Career Choice，并新开多个职业证书项目，扩展 AWS Skill Builder、机器学习大学等培训工具，帮助员工进入超级智能（SI）、机器人等新兴领域。
Career Choice 为员工预付学费与培训费用，帮助他们进入需求旺盛的行业，不论日后是否留在亚马逊。该计划2012年推出以来，全球已有超过50万名员工参加；今年又扩展到日本与墨西哥，覆盖国家增至16个。新增的10亿美元预计再帮助50万名员工提升技能，课程方向聚焦网络安全、软件开发、物流、可再生能源与机电一体化等增长领域，并与斯坦福在线、普渡大学、西州长大学和 SANS 技术学院合作，推出面向本科以上员工的职业证书项目。
面向社会层面，「亚马逊未来工程师」项目已为110万名学生提供超过1700万小时的免费计算机科学与机器人教育，过去一年还向200名美国高中毕业生发放了每人最高4万美元的奖学金；机电与机器人学徒项目的毕业生起薪可比一般入门岗位高出58%。亚马逊负责员工体验与技术的资深副总裁 Beth Galetti 说，公司2019年设定的培训10万名员工目标，最终实际帮助了全球70多万人，这也是推出更大规模计划的原因。（来源：亚马逊）
Amazon's $2.5B Future Ready 2030 Turns One: $1B for Career Choice and a 50 Million-Person Goal
Amazon on November 12 shared a one-year update on Future Ready 2030, its $2.5 billion commitment to expand access to education and skills training and help prepare at least 50 million people for the future of work. In the year since launch, Amazon has committed $1 billion of the fund to its Career Choice employee education program, opened new credential programs and pathways into in-demand careers, and expanded tools such as AWS Skill Builder and Machine Learning University for careers in super intelligence (SI), robotics and beyond.
Career Choice prepays tuition and training so employees can move into in-demand fields, whether or not they stay at Amazon. More than 500,000 employees globally have taken part since the program began in 2012; it expanded to Japan and Mexico this year, bringing it to 16 countries. The new $1 billion is expected to upskill another 500,000 employees, with courses focused on growth areas including cybersecurity, software development, logistics, renewable energy and mechatronics, plus professional credential programs run with Stanford Online, Purdue University, Western Governors University and the SANS Technology Institute for employees who already hold a bachelor's degree.
Beyond its own workforce, Amazon said its Amazon Future Engineer program has given 1.1 million students more than 17 million hours of free computer science and robotics education and awarded 200 U.S. high school seniors scholarships worth up to $40,000 each in the past year, while graduates of its Mechatronics and Robotics apprenticeship can earn up to 58% more than typical entry-level starting wages. Beth Galetti, Amazon's senior vice president of People Experience and Technology, said the company's 2019 goal of upskilling 100,000 employees ultimately reached more than 700,000 people worldwide, which is why it is now thinking bigger. (Source: Amazon)
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