AWS GetIT is an education program and competition for young students to build a more inclusive and diverse talent pipeline for the tech industry. The program inspires young people to gain digital skills and consider a career in technology, while empowering underrepresented in tech minority professionals to build more confidence and leadership skills as they become greater role models and advocates for inclusion, diversity, and equity (IDE) in technology. AWS GetIT is collaborating with Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI), a non-profit educational charity. Together, AWS GetIT and JAI are excited to help equip young people with the knowledge and skills to take advantage of the future job opportunities being driven by cloud computing.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) GetIT and JAI are collaborating to help schools and communities inspire young learners to gain digital skills and consider a career in technology. JAI will support AWS GetIT to bring the program to schools in Ireland.
Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI) works with industry and education partners to inspire young people to realise their full potential by valuing education and developing the skills and attitudes needed to shape their futures.
The program’s mission is to inspire young people to gain digital skills and consider a career in technology, while empowering underrepresented in tech minority professionals to build more confidence and leadership skills as they become greater role models and advocates for inclusion, diversity, and equity (IDE) in technology. JAI helps AWS GetIT connect with schools and educators.
AWS GetIT and JAI are excited to collaborate to help schools and communities in Ireland grow an inclusive and diverse tech talent pipeline by inspiring young people to gain digital skills and consider a career in technology.
JAI is working with AWS GetIT in Ireland to offer the education program and competition virtually, in-person, and/or blended in-person and virtual.
PROBLEM STATEMENT: The World Economic Forum estimates that by 2025, half the global workforce will need to learn new skills and 97 million new roles will emerge because of digitization[1]. The need for diverse talent in STEM remains a high priority: only 9% of STEM workers are Black, only 8% are Hispanic, and women hold just 25% of computer science occupations[2].
[1] These are the top 10 job skills of tomorrow- and how long it takes to learn them. World Economic Forum. October, 2020.
[2] STEM Jobs See Uneven Progress in Increasing Gender, Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Pew Research Center. April, 2021.