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VK opens a set of free courses in Digital Camp for students

VK Corporation opens a set of free three-month courses at the Digital Camp for students in the areas of IT recruitment, Marketing, communications and creativity in IT and Digital marketing. Students will practice their skills on case studies of VK projects under the guidance of company employees. The training will take place in a hybrid format, which will allow combining courses with basic studies at the university.

“In IT, everything is changing at lightning speed - tools and approaches that were in the top a couple of years ago, today may be in the second or third plan. In the Digital Camp, the guys in practice master the most relevant and popular non-technical areas, learn from practicing VK experts. Participants not only immerse themselves in the profession, but also immediately test the theory on real cases,” comments Anna Stepanova, director of educational projects at VK.

According to the press release, the courses provide students with the following useful information for further work in the IT field:

"IT-recruitment" - students will get acquainted with the profession of a recruiter and the specifics of his work in the field of IT, learn how to draw up a candidate profile and job descriptions, analyze the effectiveness of channels for attracting candidates;

"Marketing, communications and creativity in IT" - they will master the skills necessary for project management, from preparing a brief and developing a campaign to evaluating its effectiveness, they will learn how to work with marketing tools, apply techniques for generating creative ideas and build communications with the media;

"Digital Marketing" - learn about the specifics of the global and Russian online advertising markets, learn how to create marketing strategies, understand advertising monetization and mobile application promotion.

The best graduates will be offered a job in VK. To complete training at the Digital Camp, you must register on the VK Education website before February 28, 2022 and pass the entrance examinations.

On February 1 of this year, MIPT and Yandex announced the opening of a faculty (bachelor's degree) for developers. It will train backend, frontend, full stack developers and software architects. Project activities are at the head of the program - most of the time students will be engaged in educational projects and passing special courses. In the first year, 36 budget places are provided.

VK opens a set of free courses in Digital Camp for students