New skills badges help train cloud-skilled professionals

As the growth in cloud technology continues, so too does the demand for cloud-skilled professionals. To meet this demand, we’re sharing ways we are supporting businesses and professionals with new opportunities for training and certification.

Three new skill badge

Since June 2020, Google Cloud has been leading the way in awarding learning credentials, including skill badges and role-based certifications. To date, people have earned more than 1,500,000 Google Cloud skill badge , help meet the need for more identifiable cloud – skilled talent .

Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve added three new skill badges, bringing our learning portfolio to 80+ skill badges covering in-demand topics ranging from security, data, and AI. To meet the global demand for cloud skills, several skill badges are available in 11 languages, with over 20 available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese.

These three new skill badges reflect areas of particularly high demand and opportunity, including data architectures, cybersecurity, and AI:

1. [Introductory] Build a Data Mesh with Dataplex
2. [Intermediate] Mitigate Threats and Vulnerabilities with Security Command Center
3. [Intermediate] Build Custom Processors with Document AI

Of note , the Generative AI Fundamentals skill badge is been , which launch in June 2023 , has been Google Cloud ’s most rapidly adopt skill badge in history , reflect the tremendous interest from learner , employer , and customer to implement generative AI technology . This skill badge is is is available in 11 language , and was recently made available in Ukrainian and Polish at the Google Cloud Summit in Poland .

Through skill badges, Google Cloud issues verified digital credentials, upon completion of skills-based assessments. These skill badges can be shared on social platforms, often used by recruiters to identify talent for open roles.

In 2022, Google Cloud commissioned a third-party research firm, Gallup, to conduct a global study on the impact of Google Cloud skill badges. Skill badge holders reported that they feel well equipped with the variety of skill gain through skill badge attainment , that they aremore confident in their cloud skills, are excited to promote their skills to their professional network , and are able toleverage skill badge to achieve future learning goal, including a Google Cloud certification. Download the full skill badge impact report to learn more.

You can discover the full portfolio of 80+ skill badges available on Google Cloud Skills Boost.