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Nearly three-fourths of CEOs identified a labor or skills shortage as the most likely external issue to disrupt their business in the next 12 months, according to a 2021 Deloitte and Fortune survey. This shortage is tied to accelerated digitization — by 2025, Microsoft predicts that there will be 149 million new digital jobs focused…

For the last two years, the Google IT Support Professional Certificate has been equipping learners around the world with the fundamentals needed to jumpstart new careers in information technology (IT). To celebrate the 2-year anniversary of the program, we’re excited to announce that Google has expanded its IT training to help you take the next…

Aditi is a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology completing the M.S. Cyber Security program. She is also interning at Microsoft as a software engineer. Aditi is taking courses on Coursera to supplement her university learning and to further explore subjects of interest. When Aditi was 11 years old, she was diagnosed with a…

We recently spent time talking with Christin, a Coursera learner based in Lebanon. Medicine is her lifelong dream and passion, and she’s currently a fourth-year medical student at Beirut Arab University. Her long-term goal is to be a neurosurgeon and researcher within the field of neuroscience. Coursera has become an important part of her learning…

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer at Coursera As we near the end of 2023, it’s time to set goals for the year ahead. Over a quarter of people (26%) are looking to change jobs by mid-2024, marking a 7% increase from last year. To meet this demand, we now offer 45+ entry-level Professional…

By Dil Sidhu, Chief Content Officer at Coursera Automation and technology are disrupting jobs worldwide while also  creating a strong demand for software engineering and IT professionals, and Latin America is no exception. The region currently has an estimated shortage of nearly 450,000 IT professionals, with a gap of more than 25,000 individuals in Colombia…

by Anubhav Chopra, Lead Product Manager, Consumer Everyone comes to Coursera with a unique learning goal. Some learners want just a single course on a specific topic, while others, like Sagi from Jakarta, take well over 20 courses in a variety of domains. Now, through Coursera Plus, a new subscription program that we’re piloting, learners…

Partnership provides scholarships for 5,000 African youth, helps more than 100 land careers in tech When Ingressive for Good (I4G), a tech nonprofit, began its mission to create and increase the earning power of tech talent in Africa, it was clear about the obstacles. Young people in Africa make up a significant portion of the…

Earn your master’s from Russia’s #1 university and learn to make better decisions driven by data. At this time of intensive economic digitalization, robust data analysis capabilities are essential for any business’ success in the digital economy. Demand for qualified data specialists continues to soar. The new online Master of Data and Network Analytics (MDNA)…

By Alison Lands, Skills Transformation Consultant As companies scramble to secure the health and safety of employees, virtualize their operations, and check-in with their customers (not to mention find a quiet + comfortable + decent-looking nook from which to work virtually in their homes!), a new level of leadership is being demanded from every individual…