Sence and Digital Talent for Chile: They offer 1,400 free programming and design scholarships
Only three regions of Chile are digitally prepared to face the challenges of technological transformation.First, the metropolitan, followed by Antofagasta and Magallanes, this according to the latest study "Digital Readiness Chile".
One of the most critical factors in this diagnosis is the lack of available and trained human capital to address the challenges of digital transformation. Es en ese contexto que Sence y Talento Digital para Chile, pusieron a disposición, por primera vez, 1.400 becas de programación y diseño en todas las regiones del país.
The call to get on these scholarships was held at the “Chile.
"The digital transformation, which has accelerated with the arrival of COVID-19, opens new opportunities for the development of businesses and services, in which it is increasingly necessary to acquire and apply digital competitions.We know, for example, that the software developer is today the most demanded digital profile in the market and opens great possibilities of entrepreneurship.For this reason, the launch of these scholarships through Sence and Digital Talent for Chile, constitutes a concrete initiative for the development of these capacities in the work world, which goes online and is part of the action plan of our intelligence policyArtificial that we are close to present to the country, ”said Minister Andrés Couve.
They are study scholarships oriented to the labor reconversion of unemployed people or who work independently, with the objective that can have better employment perspectives or work continuity.The program already has 2,000 graduates, 50% of them find a job before 6 months since the end of the course.
These results, said the National Director of Sence, Ricardo Ruiz de Viñaspre.This, because they were created in conjunction with companies, thinking about the profiles they are in need in digital areas and according to the need for each region, "he said.
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The courses do not require higher studies or previous digital knowledge.The teaching methodology allows labor conversion in a short period of time (between 2 and 4 months) and the program has labor intermediation for their graduates.
“We work with Bootcamp Methodology, which is the worldwide trend in digital training.They are short, but highly intensive training.Students schedule from day one and key skills for labor insertion are developed, ”explains Jeannette Escudero, Executive Director of Digital Talent for Chile.
The available courses are user design and software development experience in different programming languages.They are defined according to market demand, being the most required profile by companies that of developer Full Stack in Java and Javascript programming languages.
Jaime Reyes, graduated from the Bootcamp Full Stack Java of Digital Talent for Chile that today works from Temuco for the Blue Latam company comments that “it is a very required area because it is very versatile, one can work in various areas of a company, since it involvesMany concepts and handle varied technologies and methodologies.Which teach you at the Bootcamp and are also learned over time, in practice ”.
In addition, according to digital talent studios for Chile, demand for this profile and other types of developers has doubled in the last year;Due to the digital acceleration of the market that has generated the health crisis.
“There is an extremely relevant niche for people who are being reconvirt.Not only in large companies or the technology field, but also in the small ones of any industry that want to become more competitive, those that require development skills.In addition, they no longer care what the previous training is, but knowledge, capacities and above all, the motivation to continue learning, ”says Hans Nemarich, Tech Recruiter Lead in N12 and an expert in the digital labor market.
"Reiníciate in digital"
The bootcamp available throughout Chile are:
Entrance courses to the digital world:
Specialty courses (for technical or university professionals):
Application requirements:
Para conocer el detalle de los cursos, requisitos y postular, deben entrar a talentodigitalparachile.cl.
Las postulaciones estarán abiertas hasta el 23 de agosto.
