Pluralsight Brings Back Free April to Help Individuals and Businesses Accelerate Economic Recovery Through Technology Reskilling and Upskilling

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Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS) has announced the return of its 'Free April' initiative, offering 30 days of free access to its Skills platform for individuals and businesses throughout April. This program, launched amid the pandemic last year, aims to assist businesses and employees in developing essential technology skills for recovery and growth in the digital economy. CEO Aaron Skonnard noted the previous year's success, with over a million technologists participating. The initiative includes free instructor-led training for businesses and extensive resources for individual learners.

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• Free April program helps over a million users in skill development last year.
• Provides businesses with 30-day free pilot access to technology skills platform.
• Offers free instructor-led training programs for enterprises.

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SILICON SLOPES, Utah, March 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS), the technology workforce development company, today announced that the company is bringing back Free April, allowing 30 days of free access to the Pluralsight Skills platform for individuals and businesses during the month of April.

Last year, Pluralsight introduced the Free April program to encourage technology learners to stay home, stay safe, and skill up as the pandemic raged. This year, Pluralsight is once again offering Free April to help businesses accelerate their recovery from the effects of the pandemic through enterprise upskilling and reskilling programs and individuals focus on skill development to ready themselves for the next stage of their career path.

“A year ago, we saw tremendous impact with Free April, as more than a million technologists used Pluralsight Skills to develop new capabilities as the COVID-19 pandemic impacted us all. This year, we see tremendous opportunity for Pluralsight to help accelerate our global economic recovery by helping both businesses and individuals get access to our platform,” said Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO, Pluralsight. “Businesses and individuals that focus on reskilling and upskilling to improve their technology acumen will be better positioned to grow and find success in today’s post-pandemic digital economy.”

For businesses wishing to participate in Free April, Pluralsight is offering a 30-day pilot of its technology skills platform that will enable teams to develop skills at scale. Additionally, Pluralsight is offering free instructor-led training programs for enterprises participating in Free April pilots. Details on how businesses can participate in Free April can be found here.

Individual learners that want to take advantage of Free April to improve their technology skills can register for an account here. As part of the promo, technologists will have access to the Pluralsight Skills library of on-demand video content taught by the world’s foremost experts in their respective technology fields. Additionally, learners will have access to a number of interactive courses and projects as well as skill assessments to help them develop the most effective path to learn and implement new technology skills.

For more information about how Pluralsight helps businesses and individuals develop technology skills in the most efficient manner possible, please visit www.pluralsight.com.

About Pluralsight

Pluralsight is the leading technology workforce development company that helps companies and teams build better products by developing critical skills, improving processes and gaining insights through data, and providing strategic skills consulting. Trusted by forward-thinking companies of every size in every industry, Pluralsight helps individuals and businesses transform with technology. Pluralsight Skills helps enterprises build technology skills at scale with expert-authored courses on today’s most important technologies, including cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data science, and security, among others. Skills also includes tools to align skill development with business objectives, virtual instructor-led training, hands-on labs, skill assessments and one-of-a-kind analytics. Flow complements Skills by providing engineering teams with actionable data and visibility into workflow patterns to accelerate the delivery of products and services. For more information about Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS), visit pluralsight.com.

Media Contact

Pluralsight PR
Dan Sorensen
Director of Communications
dan-sorensen@pluralsight.com

FAQ

What is the Free April initiative by Pluralsight?

The Free April initiative offers 30 days of free access to the Pluralsight Skills platform for individuals and businesses during April.

When did Pluralsight launch the Free April program?

Pluralsight launched the Free April program in April 2021, continuing from its successful introduction in 2020.

How did the Free April program impact users last year?

Last year, the Free April program saw over a million technologists use the platform to develop new skills during the pandemic.

What resources are available through the Free April program?

The program includes access to a vast library of on-demand video content, interactive courses, skill assessments, and instructor-led training.

What is the goal of the Free April initiative?

The initiative aims to accelerate economic recovery by helping individuals and businesses upskill and reskill in technology.