Google is helping train military spouses for remote IT work

Google unveiled a new feature on Friday aimed at training unemployed military spouses and helping them find jobs that can be worked remotely, reports Fast Company.

Military spouses have a high unemployment rate of 16 percent, which is four times higher than the national average of 3.4 percent. Another 55 percent are underemployed, per a 2017 government study.

Through its Grow with Google initiative, which offers different career and training services, the company is introducing a new work-from-home jobs search function that would help military spouses who often have to move find remote work.

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Google is also working with the military family nonprofit Blue Star Families to provide digital skills training to around 10,000 military spouses, the company said in a blog post. The initiative is aimed at increasing marketable IT skills among military spouses. The company announced the initiative on Military Spouse Appreciation Day.