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English for Career Development

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.

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Rating 4.8 based on 962 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of Pennsylvania via Coursera
Instructors Brian McManus, Robyn Turner
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Language English
Subjects Business Languages Humanities
Tags Business Business Essentials Language Learning Learning English

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I would like to thank Professors Mrs. Robyn Turner and Mr. Brian McManus and the University of Pennsylvania for the great course, until the next!

My special thanks to the University of Pennsylvania and Coursera!

Thank you so much to the Coursera community, especially to the University of Pennsylvania and to our remarkable teachers- Mr. Brian McManus and Robyn Turner.

Thank you to AE and University of Pennsylvania.

Thank you coursera to give me this opportunity and special thank to my respected teacher Mr.Brian McManus and Mrs.Robyn Turner who teaches with the behalf of University of Pennsylvania.

One Of Best Course in my life .Very Productive and meet the international standard.Specially thanks University of pennsylvania for bringing this informative course.

Great Course for someone looking to know about entering a job market.great stuff and really useful and helpful.thanks to all the professors and to The University of Pennsylvania and Us Government for providing such a course and thanks to Coursera for providing such great platform for people like us to learn and grow.also thanks to everyone else who contributed towards this Cours.

I am so grateful to University of Pennsylvania for providing us this comprehensive course that will lead our road to success.

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This is my second online course by University of Pennsylvania and I'm very thankful to all who are working in these courses.

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It's quite easy to understand the lessons and incredibly fun!

is a very good course because it is easy to understand what the instructors are talking about, and the content is very relevant I enjoy the course, very interesting.

This course helps me a lot to develop my career Perfect Thanks Effective and interactive videos and easy to understand lectures are surely a plus point of the course.

Simplified and easy to understand, I am more confident and determined of succeeding in my future career path.

I much liked the lecturers, all topics covered very well and easy to understand.

All the lectures were amazing and very easy to understand.I did many first times through this course.I wrote a resume, a cover letter, an interview.

easy to understand and the main elements easy to keep .

This course is very helpful and so easy to understand.

easy to understand non English native speaker.

:) Nice course for professionalism Easy to understand facts and tips, very helpful every pinpoint.

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job seeker

And in the future, I would be prepared job seeker and I would present my qualification from the best side.

Very objective and useful for job seekers.

Really I loved this course s a job seeker in the market.

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I have learned a lot from this course, if you are a foreign job seeker or worker this will definitely help you from your Resume up until the Interview process in the US.

This is very helpful to all job seekers and also to students.

This course is a must for job seekers.

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I've learned many new things.

i have learned many new things and skills of making and reviewing CVs and cover letters.

I learned many new things from here.

I have learned many new things about resume, cover letter, and job interview.

Clear guide on how to write a CV and be prepared for the job interview It was a good experience and i learnt many new things In my opnion, video tests should be second option.

I'm an experienced professional and still had learned many new things in this course, which would help everyone like me to looking for next level in their carrier.

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Takes the learner through every step in job search process very nicely This course is very useful for my future studies.I really enjoyed studies.Thanks all members i really liked it, it was very interesting, thank you so much for this opportunity !!!

I had the chance to practice my english skills while learning about the job search process and related topics.

It's a grate course that give me a lot of professional knowledge for job search process and also extra English language skills.

Very Nice course I learned very professional skills politeness, ethics of job search process and how do we perform on an interview Cool The material was explained by teachers so clearly and detailed as possible.

As non-native English speaker this course helped me to develop certain skills such as following the right steps to job search process, application and interview.

Thus course helped me a lot through my job search process.

Good Unit 1: Assessment 2: Comparison of the Job Search Process.

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Excelente curso.

Very useful Excelente curso, muy enriquecedor respecto a las costumbres de aplicaciones y entrevistas de trabajo en EEUU.

very good course helpful interesting to complete it Excelente curso con tres propósitos : Practicar ingles, aprender sobre el proceso de buscar empleo y hacer tus documentos Very clear, easy to follow, useful/practical information and flexible (you can manage your time to complete).

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This is one of the best courses to get started in career.

Excellent and useful One of the best courses I have taken on coursera.

One of the best courses that can connect you with the modern world job searching skills and the ways to do it.

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Thank you PRÓS:Excelente transmissão de conhecimentos, quanto à: Métodos e estratégias corretas na busca de emprego, de forma alegre e realista;Aprendizado de vocabulário, pronunciação leitura e interpretação;As auto-gravações são excelente recurso para auto-avaliações!Aprendizado de 'oitiva', pelas excelentes pronuncias em inglês de ms. Robin e Mr. Brian;Ms. Robin e Mr. Brian transmitem entusiasmo, e tornam as aulas interessantes de seguir.A entrevista de emprego de Mr. Brian foi o ponto alto de 'interessante' e divertida.CONTRA:A Agenda com os dead-lines não ficam muito evidentes; é um pouco fácil estourar um prazo para quem não consegue ter uma rotina diária.Só.

thank you, Mr. Brian and Mrs. Robyn.

Careers

An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile.

Career Development Adjunct Professor $27k

Career and Professional Development $45k

Career and Job Development Specialist $46k

Career Development Advisor/ Trainer $46k

Career Development Spclst $48k

Career Development Office $48k

Center for Career Development $49k

Career Development Grant Coordinator $49k

Office of Career Development $50k

Coordinator of Career Development $54k

Career Development Coordinator Manager $78k

Americas Career Development Program $108k

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Rating 4.8 based on 962 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of Pennsylvania via Coursera
Instructors Brian McManus, Robyn Turner
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Business Languages Humanities
Tags Business Business Essentials Language Learning Learning English

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