Transform Your Business with AWS Skill Builder

Transform Your Business with AWS Skill Builder

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Cloud Technologies and Business Transformation
3. Closing the Skills Gap for Cloud Expertise
4. Introducing AWS Skill Builder
5. Driving Critical Training with Skill Builder
6. AWS Skill Builder Learning Experiences
   1. Digital Courses
   2. Guided Labs
   3. Interactive Solutions-Based Training
   4. And Much More!
7. Learning Flexibility with Skill Builder
8. Catalog of Training Resources
9. Building Practical Skills with Builder Labs
10. AWS Cloud Quest: An Innovative Learning Solution
11. AWS Industry Quest for Select Industries
12. Tackling Cloud Challenges with Skill Builder
    1. AWS Jam Events
    2. Jam Journeys
13. AWS Certification and Exam Prep
14. Organizational Capabilities and Learning Effectiveness
15. The Learning Administrative Dashboard
16. Reporting and Customization for Engagement
17. Fostering a Culture of Continuous Learning
18. Training Plan Conversations and Individual Goals
19. Adjusting Training Strategy and Scaling
20. Conclusion

🚀 Cloud Technologies and Business Transformation

In today's fast-paced business landscape, organizations are increasingly turning to cloud technologies as a means to drive business transformation. With the ability to reduce costs, increase security, and enable greater agility and innovation, the cloud has become a critical component for organizations of all sizes. AWS, with its million-strong customer base, is at the forefront of this cloud revolution, helping organizations move to and thrive in the cloud. However, technology alone is not enough. It is the people behind it who truly make innovation happen.

✨ Introducing AWS Skill Builder

Hi, I'm Chad Ritchie from AWS Training and Certification. The rapid adoption of cloud technologies has created a high demand for individuals with cloud expertise. In fact, the demand exceeds the current availability of talent. To fully leverage the benefits of the cloud, organizations need to focus on closing their skills gap for long-term success. This is where AWS Skill Builder comes in.

AWS Skill Builder is an online learning center that is revolutionizing the way teams learn and retain skills to build and innovate in the cloud. It offers a diverse set of learning experiences tailored to the needs of different learners, whether they are new to the cloud, transitioning into a new technical domain, or diving deep into specialized skills.

💡 Driving Critical Training with Skill Builder

Skill Builder provides organizations with the flexibility to deliver the type of training that suits their teams best. It offers a catalog of over 600 digital courses covering more than 30 technical domains, including Machine Learning, Architecting, and many more. These courses are categorized into fundamental, intermediate, and advanced skill levels, allowing learners to build role-specific expertise through curated training content and learning plans.

🚀 Building Practical Skills with Builder Labs

Cloud technology is always evolving, and hands-on training and real-world experience are essential for effectively navigating the cloud landscape. Builder Labs within Skill Builder provides learners with AWS cloud environments to develop practical skills and immediately apply them in their daily work. With over 125 self-paced labs spanning various AWS services and topics, learners can gain hands-on experience in areas such as Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS identity and access management, AWS Lambda, and many more.

The guided task-by-task approach ensures that employees learn and apply their new skills simultaneously, accelerating skill development and improving knowledge retention. By eliminating the time, security concerns, and additional costs associated with configuring and provisioning sandbox environments, Builder Labs provides a risk-free and efficient learning experience.

✨ AWS Cloud Quest: An Innovative Learning Solution

Skill Builder goes beyond traditional training methods with AWS Cloud Quest—an innovative learning solution that takes learners on a role-playing adventure. Learners can choose from six different cloud roles, such as Cloud Practitioner, Serverless Developer, Solutions Architect, Data Analytics, Security, and Machine Learning. They then navigate a virtual city, engaging with customers facing real-world problems. By building cloud solutions within an AWS management console environment, learners gain hands-on experience and understanding of how to address these problems effectively.

As learners successfully complete assignments in their chosen roles, the city grows as evidence of their progress, motivating them to continue learning and complete their Quest. AWS Cloud Quest has been widely adopted by organizations for onboarding new employees and upskilling existing ones, offering engaging and immersive simulations for effective learning.

💡 AWS Industry Quest for Select Industries

In response to customer demand, AWS has expanded its Game-based offering with AWS Industry Quest. This module focuses on select industries, starting with Financial Services. Learners and teams in this industry can build real solutions for over 29 common use cases, gaining hands-on experience with cloud solutions that directly impact business KPIs. Upon completing assignments in an Industry Quest, learners earn verifiable AWS digital badges to showcase their achievements.

🚀 Tackling Cloud Challenges with Skill Builder

Skill Builder equips teams with the tools to tackle cloud challenges through two different experiential offerings: AWS Jam Events and Jam Journeys. AWS Jam Events foster shared learning, creativity, and trust among teams as they collaborate to solve open-ended challenges across common use cases and operational tasks. Teams earn points based on their ability to complete challenges, competing with others to secure the top spot on a live leaderboard.

For individuals seeking to test their knowledge and skills independently, AWS Jam Journeys Present a series of time-bound, unguided challenges focused on specific cloud disciplines, such as Security, Migration, DevOps, AI, Machine Learning, and more. With immediate feedback on the accuracy of their solutions, learners can identify and address their skills gaps before diving back into Skill Builder for targeted training.

✨ AWS Certification and Exam Prep

AWS Certification is highly valued by organizations and employees alike, demonstrating cloud proficiency crucial for business ROI and individual career advancement. Skill Builder offers comprehensive exam preparation courses that include technical content reviews, lab exercises, practice questions, and official AWS Certification practice exams. Learners can take these exams multiple times to gauge their readiness and improve their performance.

💡 Organizational Capabilities and Learning Effectiveness

With Skill Builder's learning administrative dashboard, leaders gain visibility into their organization's capabilities and can effectively drive organizational learning. They can invite, organize, and group users together across the organization, assigning specific training to their employees based on project needs and required skills. Detailed built-in reporting features allow leaders to monitor engagement, track Course enrollments, measure progress, and analyze completion rates.

🚀 Fostering a Culture of Continuous Learning

Skill Builder enables organizations to customize training programs based on how teams prefer to learn. By leveraging data from the pre-configured reporting dashboard, leaders can understand learner preferences, optimize training effectiveness, and drive engagement and adoption of training programs. Through Meaningful training plan conversations, managers and leaders can track progress towards individual training goals, fostering a culture of continuous learning for the entire organization.

✨ Adjusting Training Strategy and Scaling

Skill Builder offers the flexibility to adjust training strategies and Scale subscription seats as needed through the seat management portal. This ensures that organizations can adapt to evolving training requirements, aligning training resources with business needs as the organization grows and changes.

Conclusion

Combining AWS Skill Builder with AWS instructor-led classroom training and certifications equips learners and leaders with the critical cloud skills and recognized credentials needed to drive business transformation and achieve organizational success. By leveraging the diverse learning experiences, practical labs, innovative learning solutions, and comprehensive exam preparation offered by Skill Builder, organizations can bridge the skills gap, empower their workforce, and fully unlock the potential of the cloud.

Thank you for taking the time to explore the exciting possibilities that AWS Skill Builder brings to your organization. Connect with us to learn more about how Skill Builder can revolutionize your training and skills development journey.

Highlights:

• AWS Skill Builder offers a diverse set of learning experiences tailored to different learner preferences and skill levels.
• Builder Labs provide learners with AWS cloud environments to develop practical skills and gain hands-on experience.
• AWS Cloud Quest engages learners in a role-playing adventure where they solve real-world problems using cloud solutions.
• AWS Industry Quest focuses on specific industries, starting with Financial Services, allowing learners to build real solutions for common use cases.
• AWS Jam Events and Jam Journeys provide teams and individuals with the opportunity to tackle open-ended cloud challenges.
• AWS Certifications demonstrate cloud proficiency critical for business ROI and individual career development.
• Skill Builder's learning administrative dashboard provides visibility into organizational capabilities, engagement, and progress.
• Custom reporting allows for data-driven decision-making and customization of training programs based on learner preferences.
• Skill Builder fosters a culture of continuous learning and empowers organizations to adjust training strategies and scale as needed.