Through a partnership with Microsoft, the agency promotes courses available at Escola do Trabalhador 4.0 for the population; one of the novelties is the training of prisoners in the prison system, including a specific campaign for those who identify with the female gender
Through the Escola do Trabalhador 4.0 program, the Ministry of Labor and Employment – MTE, in partnership with Microsoft, has already trained 680,000 people with technology training. Of this total, 45% are women – a focus that the government adopted to increase gender representation in the sector. The initiative was launched in 2020, together with Microsoft’s Mais Brasil program. The courses are available to the entire population and the objective is to offer access to digital skills so that Brazilians have the resources to update themselves in the technologies demanded by the world of work.
Of those who enrolled in the Escola do Trabalhador 4.0, 168,000 were trained in at least one learning path – of this amount, 42% identify with the female gender. “In our work at the Ministry, we are constantly attentive to the demands of the world of work and focused on creating initiatives so that the population has access to employability opportunities. The technology sector has been looking for qualified professionals and technical training will open doors for those looking for professional replacement and also for those who want to update themselves to achieve development in their careers. In this scenario, it is essential that we consider a gender approach to ensure that we have female representation, which represents 51% of the population”, says the MTE.
Increasing the chances of Brazilians entering or relocating in the world of work is one of the main objectives of the program, which has had an employability rate of almost 15% so far. Lucia Lima is one of the people who was looking for a job and got a job with the help of the skills she acquired through training. “Escola do Trabalhador 4.0 helped me achieve a higher score in a job selection process I was participating in. I was called to the job vacancy and, thanks to the classes, today I use Excel with ease and I feel more confident”, she comments.
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With the advancement of new technologies, the hiring of qualified professionals has grown over the years and generated job opportunities in the sector. According to BRASSCOM data, the demand for professionals in the area, between 2021 and 2025, represents an average of 159 thousand jobs per year, with a total demand of 570 thousand in the next 5 years for the areas of Software and ICT Services and 227 thousand in IT in House. However, there is a gap between people graduating in the area and the vacancies that will open: 53,000 graduates per year in the country is an insufficient number to meet the annual average demand.
For women, this gap is even greater. According to a study by Revelo, a recruitment company, the female gender represents only 12.7% of technology professionals. “Technology training and the incentive to boost digital skills are the key pieces to change this scenario, generate more jobs, and build a diverse and inclusive technology market”, says Lucia Rodrigues, leader of Philanthropy at Microsoft Brazil.
Escola do Trabalhador 4.0 is part of the Education, Training and Retraining pillar of “Microsoft Mais Brasil”, a comprehensive plan by Microsoft, launched in October 2020, which aims to contribute to the country’s economic and sustainable growth.
Courses are available to Brazilians across the country and are being expanded. The remote teaching platform has 7 knowledge tracks in several areas such as digital literacy, productivity, data analysis, among others, including some courses with certification. The objective of the program is to train the workforce and promote qualification of young people and adults with a focus on increasing employability. The target audience is workers, over 18 years of age, who are looking for a job and want to reinvent themselves and prepare for the new demands of the world of work, especially with a focus on the digital environment.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation in the era of the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The company has been in Brazil for 34 years and is one of the subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation, founded in 1975, which is present in over 190 countries. From July 2021 to June 2022, the company invested more than US$ 15 million in donations and discounts for non-profit entities, impacting more than 2,000 institutions with software donations, purchase discounts and support for training projects. With the launch of the Microsoft For Startups Founders Hub, 443 new startups were approved, totaling 703 supported startups, which together have consumed USD 11,898,488.00 of Azure cloud credits.
