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During the program learners will get access to a free e-course in Coursera that gives learners a broad overview of IT and skills to start working as an IT Support specialist. It takes approximately 150 independent learning hours to finish the e-course. Learners can choose their own time and speed for finishing the course, however, we expect it to be finished within 5 months. 

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After the e-course is finished, learners can go for an internship/working immediately. If you are unsure whether IT support can be an exiting for you - check out this webinar with Taehee Lee, Customer Support Quality Lead @ Supermetrics. 

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However, if you find out during the program that IT support is still not your cup of tea - you can continue by taking an advanced course to study IT. If you are quick in Finishing IT Support within couple of months, we will provide you with additional opportunity to six career specializations at Coursera. You can also continue by choosing other coursers outside our program scope. By going to internship (work) or choosing further studies you will be finishing the program and getting a certificate on top of the one coming from Coursera after finishing the e-course.

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There will be additional webinars organised to increase learners soft skills and career possibilities. Those meetings are held online approximately twice a month and last about 2-4 hours.  The initial topics for the webinars are following (can change a bit based on the learners preferences and availability of trainers/guest lecturers):

• Goal Setting, keeping motivation and avoiding distractions while learning

• Learning strategies, how brain studies, how to avoid distractions, etc.

• Thinking techniques to solve obstacles

• Career planning (what work/organisations/roles would suite me)?

• Introduction to careers in IT

• Building a strong CV, motivational letter and Linkedin profile

• How to prepare for a job interview

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The instructors of webinars may give learners additional independent tasks/exercises to be completed before or after the webinars to deepen the learning curve.

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During the whole program learners get to meet inspirational speakers and company representatives to learn more about different job possibilities in the field of IT.

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The learners will find themselves in an warm and friendly learning environment. Learners are organised into smaller learning groups of 5-6 learners, allowing to get to know each other better. The program managers are at disposal to support learners in every way they can - including for example giving 1-to-1 advice regards future career, CV, motivation letter, etc.

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85% of our learners have started an internship, work or further studies in IT during our former Work In Tech programs in 2021 and 2022. The graduates of former programs have started working as:

• It Support Specialist, B2B IT Suppport Specialist

• Junior cybersecurity specialist

• Tester

• Programmer

• Infrastructure engineer

• IT Service manager, IT product owner/manager

• IT team lead, product owner

• IT trainer, consultant

• and many more...

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With additional learning and combining your expertise from your previous field you will become a valuable talent on the IT landscape. Read more about how Annika combined her prior experience and new IT skills for a new career, or how Kati found her passion for testing.

 

Want to know more about IT related career possibilities in Finland? Watch these 45-minute webinars from the She Works In Tech Career Day, which we organised to our Spring cohort learners. Seven  professional women explain their journeys to IT from non-tech fields and their daily jobs as data analysts, service designers, UX professionals and many more. 

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