Building and Validating in-Demand Cloud Skills With Google Cloud Skill Badges and Certifications

A lack of technical practitioners with skills in the cloud is one of the biggest barriers to entry for companies considering the shift. But with the right knowledge, companies that take full advantage of cloud environments are proven to be more efficient, reach more of their goals, and overall, be more successful. Google Cloud learning offerings empower practitioners and companies to learn new skills, put these skills into practice, and achieve their objectives. These training courses focus around job roles in the cloud. This session provides a deep dive into some of the specific learning offerings Google Cloud provides: skill badges and certifications. A skill badge is a digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of an individual's cloud proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests their ability to apply that knowledge in an interactive hands on environment. Skill badges can be earned along the learning journey towards a certification. A certification exam validates an individual’s expertise in a particular cloud role, and tests the full set of skills employers expect job candidates and employees to have to successfully build, deploy and manage Google Cloud solutions.