Career Path - Career Switchers

In our past few issues, we’ve been highlighting specific career areas, namely business management, data analytics, and cybersecurity. This week, we’re going to zoom out and return to a more widely applicable topic, AI skills. At first glance, AI skills may seem highly technical. The name alone can bring to mind mechanical and robotic imagery.…

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,…

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…

Welcome to another brand-new Career Chat series. Over the next several issues, we’ll be talking about searching for a job in a variety of circumstances, such as changing careers or returning to work after a career gap. But first, let’s spend some time taking a big-picture look at the broad steps for finding a job.…

Welcome to the final issue of our job search series. Over the past month or so, we’ve shared tips on finding entry-level jobs, changing careers, and landing remote roles. Today, we’re talking about how to frame career gaps. But first, a quick announcement: We are running a promotion for new Coursera Plus subscribers! Through November…

By Trena Minudri, Chief Learning Officer at Coursera  The rapid adoption of Generative AI creates an urgent and intense need for organizational agility, with companies using it to retool systems and processes to improve their customer offerings and increase productivity in order to stay competitive. L&D and HR leaders will play a crucial role in…

By Trena Minudri, Chief Learning Officer at Coursera  The rapid adoption of Generative AI creates an urgent and intense need for organizational agility, with companies using it to retool systems and processes to improve their customer offerings and increase productivity in order to stay competitive. L&D and HR leaders will play a crucial role in…

In our last issue, we talked about the value of building your practical AI skills. These are the skills that you can apply broadly to enhance productivity regardless of your job role. This week, we’ll explore how AI skills show up in cybersecurity. Cybersecurity professionals protect data and computer networks from cyber attacks. This line…

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…

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…