Career Path - Career Starters

By Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO Today, I’m excited to introduce Coursera’s third annual Global Skills Report, an in-depth look at the state of skills globally. This year’s study draws on performance data since the pandemic’s onset from over 77 million learners on Coursera to benchmark business, technology, and data skills proficiency for over 100 countries.…

Hi there! Welcome back to your series on career growth and development. By now, you may have found some clarity around your professional development goals and have started shaping your career development plan. (If you’re feeling stuck on either of those topics, drop any lingering questions or confusions in the comments.) This week, we’re exploring one aspect of…

After last week’s enthusiastic response to our issue on writing skills, we’ve decided to ride that momentum with another transferable technical skill: budget management. Working with a budget can be one aspect of project management, but it shows up across so many career areas that, depending on your career goals, it may be worth a…

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…

You may have seen the news that Microsoft launched three new Professional Certificates on Coursera, with a fourth that’s also open for pre-enrollment. Let’s take a closer look at the relationship between IT support and cloud support. As noted, these two roles are closely related, and if you’re interested in a technical career, you may…

We have big news: At the end of last week, Google launched an AI Essentials course that we are very excited about. It’s about 9 hours long and it covers practical skills including using GenAI tools, responsible AI, prompting, and staying informed about the developing technology. Think of this course as your AI starter pack.…

Last week, we shared career development tips from Tony Francis, a Senior Program Manager and data analytics expert at Google. There, Francis shared insights he gleaned from his own professional journey, which saw him go from a finance and accounting major with no data analytics experience to becoming a data professional at one of the…

So far in our high-income skills series, we’ve explored how you can use data analysis to demonstrate your impact and project management to enhance your workflow. Both of these skill sets tend to involve internal workflows. This week, we’re shifting to an external focus: the user experience. User experience (UX) has to do with understanding the way a person (the user) interacts…

By Scott Shireman, Global Head of Coursera for Campus In a competitive and fast-changing labor market, employers increasingly expect their entry-level talent to join their workforce already equipped with job-relevant skills and hands-on experience. At the same time, university-age students and their parents are thinking more critically about the ROI of traditional three and four-year…

To follow last week’s analytical thinking issue, we’re going to jump to number 4 on 2023’s top skills list: motivation and self-awareness. Motivation and self-awareness skills have to do with knowing your potential and constantly seeking to fulfill it. In the workplace, employers are likely thinking about these skills in terms of your professional development,…