Get essential AI training directly from Google's AI experts...for free!
Now accepting applications for March 2025!
Prepare for a career in the high-growth artificial intelligence (AI) field! Goodwill Industries of New Mexico offers FREE scholarships for Google’s AI Essentials course.
Google AI Essentials is a self-paced online course (offered via Coursera) designed to help people across all roles and industries get essential AI skills to boost their productivity, with zero experience required. The course is taught by AI experts at Google who are working to make the technology helpful for everyone. After you complete the course, you’ll earn a Google AI Essentials Certificate to share on your resume, with your network and with potential employers. By using AI as a helpful collaboration tool, you can set yourself up for success in today’s dynamic workplace — and you don’t even need programming skills to use it.
In under 10 hours, you'll do more than learn about AI — you will see how to actually use it in the real world. For example:
Demand for AI-related skills is growing rapidly due to several key factors, including:
Google AI Essentials is a self-paced online course (offered via Coursera) designed to help people across all roles and industries get essential AI skills to boost their productivity, with zero experience required. The course is taught by AI experts at Google who are working to make the technology helpful for everyone. After you complete the course, you’ll earn a Google AI Essentials Certificate to share on your resume, with your network and with potential employers. By using AI as a helpful collaboration tool, you can set yourself up for success in today’s dynamic workplace — and you don’t even need programming skills to use it.
In under 10 hours, you'll do more than learn about AI — you will see how to actually use it in the real world. For example:
- Stuck at the beginning of a project? You’ll learn how to use AI tools to generate ideas and content.
- Planning an event? You’ll use AI tools to help research, organize, and make more informed decisions.
- Drowning in a flooded inbox? You’ll use AI tools to help speed up those daily work tasks, like drafting email responses.
- You’ll also learn how to write effective prompts and use AI responsibly by identifying AI’s potential biases and avoiding harm.
Demand for AI-related skills is growing rapidly due to several key factors, including:
- Technological advancements: The continuous development of AI technologies is driving the need for skilled professionals who can develop, implement and maintain systems.
- Business efficiency: Companies adopt AI to automate processes, enhance decision-making, and improve productivity. This shift requires a workforce that is proficient in AI.
- Diverse applications: AI is being integrated across many industries, including healthcare. Finance, retail, and manufacturing, creating numerous job opportunities.
What You'll Learn
- Use generative AI tools to help develop ideas and content, make more informed decisions, and speed up daily work tasks
- Use AI responsibly by identifying AI’s potential biases and avoiding harm
- Write clear and specific prompts to get the output you want - you'll apply prompting techniques that help summarize information, create tag lines, and more
- Develop strategies to stay up to date in the emerging landscape of AI
Important Notes
- Due to the limited number of scholarships available, successful completion of the application will not guarantee that you will be selected for the next available training session. If you are not selected, please check back here for information about our next monthly training date and reapply. Thank you!
- Once you are enrolled in the course, you will have 45 days to complete it or your enrollment will expire. This means you will lose access to the course and would need to reapply. The course is taught in English with automatic translations available in 17 languages.
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