ID Digital School has recently launched its scholarship program for the promotion of digital training and technology in Spain together with Selecta Digital.
In total, there are 40 scholarships for a total value of 100,000 euros that: «they will help 40 people cross that digital lake of opportunities that exists between people without specialized training and quality, well-paid jobs that are not being filled » as stated in the presentation by Ricardo Carreras, president of ID Digital School.
Along these lines, it has announced 25 scholarships for 450-hour bootcamps, valued at 65,000 euros ranging from training in Programming and Full Stack web development, Data Science and Machine Learning or UX / UI Design. Similarly, 15 scholarships for master’s degrees focused on digital marketing, communication or HR and People Analytics, valued at 35,000 euros.
Camino de Pablos, ID Bootcamps director stated: “The technology sector is growing by leaps and bounds, therefore, bootcamps have become the great impulse to enter the labor market and we believe that scholarships will be a boost for anyone who wants to transform their career.” For his part, Félix Urosa, director of ID Digital School highlighted: “We want to give the opportunity to those people who want to train in programming, data science, digital marketing or communication, and who need financial support”.
The reality of the tech job market
The presentation event was attended by Manpower and IBM who gave their point of view on this reality, providing data and offering solutions to fight against lack of technological talent in Spain.
Alfonso Bris Andrea, Talent Manager of Manpower Group, world leader in innovative solutions in Talent Strategy and selection, highlighted that «More than 60% of the executives of large companies they are not able to meet the requests for jobs ».
Along these lines, it has influenced the idea of a “lake of opportunities” offered by the technology sector in Spain, a country that has the particularity of being the fifth country in the world with the highest youth unemployment – currently close to 40% – and the Present digital divide in companies in the country where “only 10% of companies have made the leap to the digital part.”
In addition, it has influenced the need to train young people in the digital and technological sector since “All the jobs of the future will require digital skills”. Brix has stressed that training in these digital skills “It will help grow our economy and improve our employability data.”
Finally, he pointed out the excellent international valuation that exists of Spanish computer scientists and that our companies are “Benchmarks in innovation worldwide”, thus encouraging the attendees and students present at the event to train in the fields of cybersecurity, electronic commerce and digital infrastructures, such as “Profiles most in demand by companies and SMEs in Spain”.
