Microsoft targets 50,000 jobs with LinkedIn 're-skilling' effort

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(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that it aims to place 50,000 people in jobs that require technology skills as part of a broader push being undertaken with its professional networking website LinkedIn to help workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic move into new fields.

The jobs will be in what Microsoft calls its "ecosystem" of companies that use or help sell its products.