Christopher Bess is among many other military community members that received a Google Career Certificate so he could transition into the workforce, get a promotion or even a raise.
After four years in the U.S. military, including two deployments, Christopher Bess faced a new obstacle he was not prepared for: transitioning into the civilian workforce. Bess had been living a very structured life, as he describes it, while in the military. He was also surrounded by leaders he could rely on for answers to his questions, he recalled. "When you transition out of the military, you feel alone," Bess told FOX Business. "I don't want to say you are alone.
For Bess, it helped him realize what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Within six months of getting a Google Career Certificate in data science, he connected with Verizon Wireless, where he currently works as a data science manager. "They gave me the support. They gave me the credentials. They got me a network with other veterans," he said. "That way, I could be seen and recognized for my work ethic and my ability to just learn.
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