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Tech giants see benefit of two-year graduates
Published:
Dec 12 2018
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With hundreds of thousands of tech jobs available, major tech companies are shifting their focus to two-year technical degree graduates.
This is the "new-collar workforce" – a play on the term blue-collar. Many blue-collar jobs may evolve or be replaced as jobs become more automated and technological.
"Today we are looking more at students with a two-year degree to hire, because they have the baseline knowledge we need and can further expand their skills with our specialized in-house training," said César A. Marrero, CEO of Xentient Technology in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Read more in the Dec. 5, 2018, USA Today article
"Get ready for the 'new-collar' workforce, where training can trump the traditional degree."
For more information about the Cybersecurity degree options offered at Bismarck State College visit
bismarckstate.edu/cybersecurity/AcademicOptions/
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