Google Certificates Are a College Alternative. Do They Work?
AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Google's professional certificates train people without four-year degrees for entry-level tech jobs. It hopes the programs will unlock more diverse talent pools that Big Tech has routinely overlooked. But experts say it's unclear whether the programs will translate to more diverse hiring. Monique Harley was a 27-year-old single mother working an hourly-wage job at a call center outside Washington...