The decreasing interest in technology among children and young people is a downward trend that needs to be reversed. Sigma has taken note of this and is launching the Experts of Tomorrow Innovation Race. An innovation competition for all middle school students in Sweden. To inspire them to find the joy and playfulness of technology and innovations.
Interest in technology is dropping drastically
Sigma Technology Cloud has established a Young Talent program, an in-house internship for students, allowing them to do their thesis work within IT and explore upcoming work life. The program is one of the few on the market that focuses on sustainable technology development and establishing a proper mindset for future co-workers in this context.
Óbuda University and Sigma Technology are long-term partners. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit society, Sigma Technology decided to support the university's digital learning program by providing LinkedIn Learning online courses licenses. "These licenses were a great complement to our blended learning in 2020," says Dr. Imre Felde, Vice Rector for Industrial and Business Relations at Óbuda University
Femmegineering is the Danir Group's next year's initiative for a better tomorrow. They want to highlight the problem that there are too few girls who are applying for engineering programs at a technical college or university. The number rises a little each year, but the process is moving slowly. At the same time, the tech industry is screaming for people and needs access to the entire population.
Sigma Young Talent and Microsoft start a joint collaboration to develop young talents within future competence areas AI and cyber security.
Skool, a non-profit organization in Hungary that inspires girls to choose technology for their future, usually arranges physical events and workshops, programming boot camps, and mentoring sessions. The quarantine and lockdown period didn’t stop them in their mission of spreading knowledge and inspiration. This May, we took part in the first online workshop for girls together with Skool.
Sigma Technology Solutions in Växjö is one of the companies that will conduct a joint Ph.D. program in Computer Science with a focus on predictive maintenance systems together with Linnaeus University.
Frida Education is an expanding group with a vision of being Sweden’s leading education company. Through its subsidiary Didaktikcentrum AB, Frida Education and Sigma have developed a user-friendly management system that simplifies school management and equips the organization for the future.
Haveriet is Sigma and Danir’s next initiative for a better tomorrow. They plan to use Haveriet to inform people about life below the surface, explain just how important the oceans are to us humans and spread knowledge about the acute critical conditions existing along our Swedish coast.
This November, Sigma Technology will take part in a number of career events for students across Sweden. Meet us to learn how you can start a career with us!
Sigma Technology, Ericsson, ABB, and AQ Anton have launched MATCH Startup Program under the aegis of the Embassy of Sweden in Hungary. The Program will identify startups in Central and Eastern Europe with innovative ideas in digitalization.
Sigma Technology supports a team of school students competing in the FIRST LEGO League tournament. The Swedish team called Spacebots is now in Arkansas, USA, to present their project aimed at solving individual and social problems that people face during space travel.
More and more Chinese companies invest in growing their business internationally. To be competitive on the international market, Chinese businesses need to have professional technical documentation.
Nate Zhang, Country Manager at Sigma Technology China, will speak at tcworld China 2019, a leading event in the field of technical communication in the country. The event will take place in Shanghai, on May 30-31.
Edisonplatform is a new think-tank community created by Bridge Budapest. The platform aims to connect value-oriented business actors with child development experts and foster their long-term cooperation. Sigma Technology is proud to be one of the cool companies to support the platform.
Sigma Technology Solutions and the IoTaP (Internet of Things and People) research center at Malmö University have started a research project in the area of data-driven systems and business intelligence. Gustav Erling will perform a three-year program combining research with consultant work assignments.
Sigma Technology is one of ten nominees for the Big IT Competence award that distinguishes companies for their contribution to education and competence development.
The number of technical communication jobs in Beijing and Shanghai doubled from 2012 to 2015. In Shenzhen, the number tripled, from 1000 to 3000, and in Hangzhou, the birthplace of Alibaba, it changed from 0 to 2000. Yet, there is only a handful of universities in China offering courses in Technical Communication in China.
Encouraging girls to choose technology as a possible career – this is the vision of the Skool project, the initiative started by the Technology in Education Foundation, Hungary, Budapest. We have gotten a chance to meet the co-founder of the project and CEO Szilvi Koleszár, and Péter Guzsaly, Unicorn Whisperer.
For all you students interested in getting to know your future employer, come and visit these events to network, get inspired, and motivated. During the first part of 2019, a lot of exciting student career events will be arranged where you can talk to industry leaders and get ideas for your future career. You can meet Sigma representatives at the following events.
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