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This week we are talking about another highly transferable technical skill: project management. We talked about project management when we discussed high-income skills, but as the term shows up more frequently during the job search, it’s worth spending a bit more time clarifying what it means. Depending on the context, “project management” can refer to…

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights on how you use ChatGPT to enhance your resume—and for your tips to avoid over-embellishment. We’re excited to keep talking about ways we’re using GenAI tools to boost productivity in future issues. This week, however, we thought we’d shine the spotlight on someone like you, a learner,…

(GenAI) when we talked about refining your career goals. This week, we’ll take it a step further with some practical applications of GenAI that you can incorporate into your everyday tasks. As instructor Andrew Ng explains in DeepLearning.AI’s Generative AI for Everyone course, AI is a general purpose technology—meaning it has a wide range of…

Lisa is a proud mom and homeschool teacher in Barbados, the most easterly island of the Caribbean Archipelago. She dreams of starting a business that supports other businesses caring for their employees. She wants to provide them with health services that feel safe to access. With this dream in mind, Lisa is earning her MSc…

So far, we’ve heard about your various desires to strengthen your skills in data analysis, project management, information security, artificial intelligence, and human resources. Would you believe it if we told you that there is a technical skill that shows up in all of these fields and more? It’s spreadsheet software. Spreadsheet software, like Microsoft…

Although tuition reimbursement is growing in popularity among employers, not every company offers that perk. However, you may still be able to approach your employer and see if they’re open to paying for a portion of your degree as part of your professional development.  Investing in employee education can have a positive impact on the…

Picture it: You’ve made it to the end of your interview for your dream job. You sailed through your reasons for applying and answered every behavioral and situational question with ease (thanks, STAR method!). You’re down to the final question: “Do you have any questions for me?” No sweat. You knew they’d ask this question—they…

Last week in our job interview series, we talked about behavioral interview questions, which ask about your past experiences in the workplace. This week, we’re discussing situational interview questions, which are questions about hypothetical future situations. These types of questions help an interviewer better understand what you might do or how you might react under…

Welcome back to our interview series. Last week, we kicked things off with one common interview question, “Why did you apply for this role?” This week, we are wading into another frequently asked question—and the topic of the most-read article on Coursera—“What are your strengths and weaknesses?” Strengths and weaknesses is a classic behavioral interview…

We have arrived at the beginning of another new Career Chat series. Over the next four weeks, we’ll be exploring how to prepare for a job interview. So far in Career Chat, we’ve primarily focused on preparing for the earlier stages of the job search process—focusing your career goals, identifying key job skills, writing your…