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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

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..

EB

Jul 3, 2020

Thank you for letting us to use this opportunity at this pandemic situation.

I find this course has a lot example which is unstandable and illustration and so efficient for newcomer and job seeker.

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By Suprien L

Oct 10, 2023

Amazing platform I would recommend everyone to start your learning at Coursera believe me you would polish your learning.

By Ahmed E

Feb 1, 2023

It's useful and helped me to develop my English and will help me to take another step in my professional career

Thank you

By Ganesan M

Oct 23, 2022

Hi Team, Contents of this course is superb. Each lessons was elaborated very clearly to understand.

Thanks to coursera.

By ttt2001001

Aug 14, 2022

this course is great helping that job seekers should have correct attituse and skills to imcrease the chance of hiring.

By Pooriya J

Dec 1, 2021

This course helped me too much to learn about applying for a job, and I think this course is very useful for job seekers.

By Esmeralda C L

Oct 1, 2020

I really enjoyed the course. I recommend it to anyone looking for work in the United States and it is perfecting English.

By Anna K

Jun 5, 2020

It was an excellent course for people who are making their career. I'm so satisfied with this great course and lecturers.

By William A R

May 11, 2020

Muy buen curso. Es muy concreto en los aspectos más importantes para lograr el éxito en el proceso de búsqueda de empleo.

By Amarce

Jul 11, 2019

Excelente curso con tres propósitos : Practicar ingles, aprender sobre el proceso de buscar empleo y hacer tus documentos

By Muxtar K

Aug 31, 2024

Thank you very much, you have benefited a lot, and I have learned a lot, thank you to everyone who contributed to Bukurs

By Bareera R

Sep 12, 2023

thank you for providing us one of the best course. i really enjoyed to learning with best teachers who guided very well.

By Ratnasari W

Aug 25, 2023

It's really fun and the course help me a lot to improve my English skills, especially for career development. Thank you!

By Ghada A

Nov 15, 2022

very useful course,and very good teachers,I

would like to thanks them too much . They explained

everything very clear.

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By Ahmed Y M

Aug 15, 2022

thanks to my great lecturers for giving us this opportunity to learn this career development, i higthly appreciate this.

By 田彩英

Dec 24, 2021

非常优质的课程,如果你是初入职场的菜鸟或者是已经工作了的人, 课程不仅可以让你从零开始,学习在进入职场的过程中我们需要些什么,课程非常有趣,衔接性非常好,在整个课程学习过程中,我重新回忆了至今为止的一些一些工作,也发现了一些需要调整的习惯。

By Karina M

Mar 22, 2021

The course is easy going and bring a lot of tips and tricks about your own career, all of the articles were interesting,

By David P B

Feb 2, 2021

Excellent, very clear, motivating, well explained and very good advices for findinga Job . 1.000 stars for this course!!

By Rima B

Dec 9, 2020

I enjoyed the course. It was an amazing experience. I recommend to others to follow in order to improve up their skills.

By Francis L

Oct 18, 2020

I want to express my gratitude for this training course which adds lots of knowledge to my professional career. Thanks!

By Abdur R

Sep 23, 2020

It is wonderful course indeed as it helped me a lot for career development, in resume writing and cover letters as well.

By Ahmed A E

Aug 7, 2020

The course is great, they are trying to make you understan every tiy thing by simple examples. I have really enjoyed it.

By Thanniru V R

May 11, 2020

Good experience... We can learn language skills effectively with ease.. Very useful for professional growth in teaching.

By Pasquale B

May 3, 2020

It was great to learn how to better write a cover letter and how to make a first good impression.

Thanks a lot, Cousera!

By kristine d v

Jul 28, 2023

I learned a lot from this course. I am now confident on my job search. Thank you Brian and Robyn and the Coursera team!