Google To Commit To White House Job Training Initiative

Google is committing to a White House initiative designed to get private companies to expand job training for American workers.

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CEO Sundar Pichai was making the announcement Thursday during an appearance with White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump at El Centro community college in downtown Dallas. Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter, oversees the administration’s worker training efforts.

Google says it’s also expanding a program it developed to train people who don’t have experience or a college degree for entry-level jobs information technology support in less than six months.

“At Google, our goal is to make sure that the opportunities created by technology are truly available to everyone,” Pichai planned to say, according to prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press.