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Cognizant to Launch Free New York City-Based IT Training Program to Create Employment Pipeline for In-Demand Technology Jobs

Cognizant is providing a new, no-cost training program to help New Yorkers access career opportunities in the growing IT, digital, and tech sectors. Based in a newly established training center in the South Bronx, the program will deliver no-cost technology skills training and career development resources for as many as 650 New Yorkers over the next 18 months. Cognizant intends to hire as many as 350 of the training program’s initial graduates for Cognizant’s client sites throughout the five New York City boroughs. Cognizant currently employs more than 2,300 associates across New York State. 

Cognizant is partnering with nationally-recognized training and development specialist Per Scholas to deliver the industry and job specific courses at the center. Empire State Development, New York’s chief economic development agency, is supporting the $6 million Cognizant program with $2 million in performance-based tax credits through the Excelsior Jobs program. The ESD funding will support the recruitment and training of the students who will be able to apply for jobs at Cognizant and elsewhere in the industry. 

“We’re pleased to be working with Empire State Development to expand in New York City and increase the base of trained IT and digital technology professionals in the broader New York community,” said Jim Lennox, Chief People Officer, Cognizant. “The U.S. needs more qualified IT talent and this partnership is just one example of how we continue to invest in our communities to train American workers for next generation digital opportunities.”

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