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About the Course

Welcome to English for Career Development, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. To enroll in this course for free, click on “Enroll now” and then select "Full Course. No certificate." This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in advancing their careers in the global marketplace. In this course, you will learn about the job search, application, and interview process in the United States, while comparing and contrasting the same process in your home country. This course will also give you the opportunity to explore your global career path, while building your vocabulary and improving your language skills to achieve your professional goals. The first unit in this course will introduce the U.S. job application process and provide strategies for identifying the jobs that match your interests and skills. Unit 2 will take you through the steps necessary to produce a professional-looking resume. In unit 3, you will work to develop a clear and concise cover letter. The final unit of the course focuses on networking and interview skills. Anyone may take this course for free. If you want to get a Coursera Verified Certificate for free, please fill out the Financial Aid form. Unless otherwise noted, all course materials are available for re-use, repurposing and free distribution under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license. Supplemental reading materials were provided by Newsela, which publishes daily news articles at a level that's just right for each English language learner....

Top reviews

KJ

May 3, 2021

I enjoyed this Course English for Career Development and learnt a lot .The instructor were so helpful and proactive that it was easy for me to learn and I was able to reach clear all the assignment ..

DI

Aug 24, 2019

It is the very useful course for learning, this course provides videos for better understanding. A part from that there are exams like quiz, games, video recording, review of classmates work and all..

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By Kayra V L G

Jun 25, 2021

This course is really amazing, it supports all the professional details and how to prepare yourself for the professional world and how you can be prepare in order to get a job. At the same time, I learned how to do perfectly a resume and a good CV.

By Diana A

Jun 19, 2020

It's one of the best courses I've ever passed. This course fits to any English level and it's perfect. The course consists lots of useful information that I've already started to keep and use it in my life! Thank you very much for such perfect job!

By Maynerd M

Jun 5, 2020

I apreciated to participate in this Mooc, it changed a lot of my ideas about many aspects about learning human great career potentials, and added new and important english development and job hunt techniques.

Big Thanks for the teams' great efforts

By Lizz I

Apr 23, 2020

The videos and quizzes very well done.

Excellent teacher speakers.

Very well guided peer grading instructions.

Los vídeos y cuestionarios muy bien hechos.

Profesores excelentes oradores.

Instrucciones para calificaciones por compañeros muy bien guiadas.

By JORGE M

Jun 20, 2023

hello my name is Jorge mesquita Today I'm finish my course for coursera take time read and more aprox 40 hours dis is hard when you have other job or something else in you day, thanks if you want opportunities for education welcome home 🙋♂️

By Preethi J K

Dec 6, 2022

I loved the course and learnt the proper way of writing resume, cover letter and how to be more professional during an interview. Also, I learnt the choice of using words and sentences in resume and cover letter.

Thank you for the wonderful course

By Saeb P

Dec 17, 2021

super amazing course. I've learned a lot and i suggest it to anyone especially, those who are not American, because with a medium level of skills in English, you are able to understand any part of it. I am looking for another course with pattern👌

By Jean d D N

Jan 17, 2021

I feel like retrieving all my applications from places I sent them before this course. If I get chance to see another job advertisement, I will stand out. This course has helped me gain a lot of skills. Thank you so much for availing this course.

By Zuhran A

Nov 9, 2020

It was such a woderful experience having this course. This course is full of knowledge for professional development. I learned a lot and I'm sure that this knowledge will help me a lot in future. Lastly a huge thanks to both instructors. Cheers🎉

By Gautam J

Aug 29, 2020

Thanks to Coursera team

And provide me best opportunity to learn English skill

In this course I learnt Resume writing, cover letter writing, Networking elevator speech writing , Interviewing and Entering the job market.

Again Ithank to Coursera team

By Deleted A

Jul 20, 2020

English for Career Development is a well organized career development course. I would recommend this course to everyone, including those, who have completed their education in the English medium and also to those, who are good at learning English.

By Lotis M P

Nov 24, 2016

This course has taught me very well about developing my career skills. I highly encourage everyone to also take this course and learn what I've learned. To my teachers and classmates, thank you so much. I couldn't have done this without your help.

By Jair L S C

Sep 2, 2021

Dear Coursera

Thank you so much to let me took this course, I really feel excited for improving my english skills. I hope use all the tools that you taught us.

Sincerely

Jair Salazar

Post: I'll send some resumes to try find job in the United States.

By Nasik A

May 22, 2020

A must attend course ever on coursera. It covers almost all essentials of job related credentials. no matter at what level you are, you should join and go through it. Because it covers a vast area of job related learning. Found it very effective.

By MONIJESU P

Nov 21, 2022

This Course really enlighten me as a Job Seeker on Skills to go about for example: Speech, Cover Letters, How to dress's to an interview, How to talk, Verbs to use, Social media to engage my self for more job opportunities and so on like that.

By Thiha K

Nov 3, 2021

This course is helpful and effective for everyone. By studying this course, I have learned how to create a perfect professional resume and cover letter that I didn't know before. After this course, I am not afraid to take part interview anymore.

By Katarzyna Z

Mar 28, 2021

I like this course. I learned a lot of ne world in English language. I could also write professional resume and cover letter. This course is perfect for people who looking job or want change job - a lot advisory how to prepared do job interview.

By mireile a m a

Oct 8, 2022

It´s a great course when you are wantto start working in the USA or other english parlant countries and have no idea where to begin. This course will give you the confidence to know the basics of how the job market works in the United States.

By Areej M H A

Aug 8, 2020

Very good course and useful i learned how to search for job and how to write resume and cover latter to the interviewer and how to prepar to the interview and this course given me more vocablery about job terminology and give me more confidanc.

By Janne W

Mar 13, 2020

I learned a lot and acquired great knowledge

it was a nice experience to do this course English for Career Development

I have more knowledge, wisdom, and understanding than before

great instructors throughout the course.

it was a nice experience

By عبدالله ا

Mar 16, 2017

I will post about this course in social media and send it to my friends and people like me who are interested in this course and many courses in cousrea and i know that most people will accept my idea and love to get Certificates from coursera.

By Abhinandan B

Aug 23, 2022

Thanks a lot maam and sir really it was a great lesson to study. i have learned a lot regarding job seekers , hoe they can upgrade themselves while finding jobs , hoe they can write coverletter and resumes

to express their skils and many more

By Adam

Jun 7, 2017

Hello I'm Adam Ben Yousef from Libya I'd like to thank you all for everything you did for me and helping me it was very helpful from me and my family now I have finding good job using everything I have learned from this course.

Thank You again

By Abdul M N

Feb 7, 2024

It's the greatest learning platform available. The delivery and presentation are superb. I'll advise my acquaintance to use this esteemed and purpose-driven website for learning. I am grateful to Coursera for giving me this wonderful chance.

By Monica K

Aug 8, 2021

the explanation is very easy to understand and provides a lot of new knowledge and experience on how to develop a carrierthe explanation is very easy to understand and provides a lot of new knowledge and experience on how to develop a carrier