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Knowing which professional skills matter most can sharpen your career focus. This article covers 10 in-demand skills across tech—cloud, DevOps, cybersecurity—and business, including conflict resolution, productivity, and DEI. You'll gain a clear picture of which professional skills employers value most.
As the end of the year draws closer, it’s only natural to start thinking about how we’d like to close out 2019 and set the stage for 2020. For most of us, this means a renewed enthusiasm for work and planning out what we’d like to achieve in the new year. If you or your employees would like to brush up on technical and business skills, check out this list of 10 in-demand professional skills that have recently been added to Learning Platform and Learning Platform for Business.
Technical skills
1. Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform, offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products. Demand for GCP-certified professionals is growing tremendously as companies leverage their AI and data science cloud solutions. With initiatives like TensorFlow, an open-source machine learning library, Google differentiates itself from public cloud competitors AWS and Azure by leading in machine learning. To learn more about the growing importance of GCP, see blog Why Google Cloud Platform is on the Rise.
The Learning Platform course Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Fundamentals for Beginners introduces the basics of GCP, including how to use GCP compute, storage, and networking services and choose the right GCP service for your use case and business scenario. Instructor Janakiram MSV is a Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect and also a Google Developer Expert for Cloud and IoT technologies with over 10 years’ experience working on cloud computing at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services.
For learners who would like to dive deeper into GCP, Google Certified Associate Cloud Engineer 2019 Prep Course on Learning Platform covers how to pass the Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) exam. The certification is an ideal starting point for those new to cloud or GCP, and it can be used as a pathway to Professional-level certifications. Instructor Dan Sullivan is a cloud architect, systems developer, and author of the Official Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide.
“Very structured and fine-grained explanations… very good course for beginners or if you want to map your knowledge of other clouds to Google Cloud (which is my case).” – Course review
2. iOS 13
With over 1.4 billion active mobile devices, Apple phones have such a wide global consumer reach that when updates to its corresponding software or hardware are made, the tech world takes notice. iOS 13 is the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating software and is equipped with plenty of new features, the most significant of which is the introduction of Apple’s own Single Sign-On (SSO) solution for logging into apps. Going forward, Apple requires any app that offers an SSO option, such as signing in with a Google account, must also provide a Sign in with Apple option at login. To learn more about the buzz that’s being generated by iOS 13, see blog The Best New iOS 13 Features to Enhance Your Apps.
To help your employees familiarize themselves with iOS 13, be sure to check out the Learning Platform course iOS 13 – How to Make Amazing iPhone Apps: Xcode 11 & Swift 5. Instructor Nick Walter is a self-taught programmer who has taught over 150,000 students on Learning Platform. Nick designed this course to be manageable — learners can plan to cover the content in about two weeks if they dedicate one or two hours to learning each day. And by the end of the course, they’ll develop an understanding of the latest updates to iOS 13 including SwiftUI, Dark Mode, Sign in with Apple, Swift Package Manager, and SF Symbols.
“Nick is honestly the best tutor I’ve had on any Learning Platform course and the structure and content of this particular course has made me feel confident to code in Swift.” – Course review
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