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LinkedIn, Microsoft Digital Skills Initiative Reaches 10M People

The program kicked off in late June with a goal of 25 million by year-end

MicrosoftLinkedInGlobalSkillsInitiativeHero — The program has reached people in every state in the U.S., as well as 231 countriesMicrosoft

LinkedIn and parent company Microsoft said this week that the digital skills initiative they kicked off in late June has reached over 10 million people in every state in the U.S., as well as 231 countries.

The two companies said at the start of the program, in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, that the goal was to bring digital skills to 25 million people by year-end, with Microsoft pitching in $20 million in cash grants.