Here is Renee's interview with Ann Harrison, Communications Director for Workforce Alliance.
She discusses the new online learning program, SkillUp CT, that Gov. Lamont announced this past week and how people can access the training!
Listen below:
- Skill Up is a proven online learning system with free online learning licenses designed to help recipients of unemployment insurance, including those who have been impacted by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 public health crisis.
- Eligible Connecticut residents who visit ct.metrixlearning.com/landing.cfm to register will receive email instructions on obtaining a Metrix Learning license that provides them access to about 5,000 online Skillsoft courses in areas such as information technology, business analysis, customer service, project management, and digital literacy, among others.
- SkillUp CT also offers training tracks leading to over 100 industry certifications and will provide career coaching through the workforce boards.
- The program is coordinated by the Connecticut Workforce Development Council in collaboration with the Connecticut Governor’s Workforce Council and the Connecticut Department of Labor.