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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

EB

Jul 3, 2020

Thank you for letting us to use this opportunity at this pandemic situation.

I find this course has a lot example which is unstandable and illustration and so efficient for newcomer and job seeker.

R

Jul 20, 2020

AN EXCELLENT COURSE. THE TEACHERS ARE OUT STANDING. THERE IS A CLARITY OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION IN THE TEACHERS. EVERY ONE WHO IS SEARCHING FOR JOB SHOULD DO THIS COURSE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM.

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By TONAJDO H

Mar 31, 2020

I would like to thank you for this kind of online English course. I really enjoyed the time learning ''English for Career Development''. It was very helpful and well organized.

By RUTH L C E

Jul 13, 2023

Me gusto el curso ya que fue interactivo y me brindo mucha ayuda profesional para buscar un mejor empleo gracias a eso consegui una entrevista de trabajo para un mejor empleo.

By Mạnh L

Apr 6, 2022

Honestly, this course make me more confident when I starting to fine a new job. I think it will be better if I can revieve the certificate from this course. Thank you so much.

By Ramakrishna C

Apr 21, 2021

Read a lot about career framework earlier but nothing could match this course . A grate course and must for many who are confused with Career Framework for self development .

By geet

Aug 14, 2020

I learn many things about in this course. specially,I like the way of teaching style, talking style which is very clear and understandable.

Thank you so much for your service

By Ariovaldo L

Aug 4, 2020

This course was amazing! I learned how to prepare my resume, a cover letter and how to be prepared to a job interview. Congratulations to professors and all the coursera team!

By Anchalee P

May 5, 2020

Nice course. I have learned a lot about how to write a resume, cover letter, and how to prepare for job interviews. Easy to understand, and take not a lot of time to complete.

By Muhammad A F

Jul 20, 2017

I have learnt so many new thing from this course. I think every student must complete this course in order to cope with the challenges which she would face during job process.

By Shahzad A

Sep 25, 2023

Its an outstanding course and really helpful to polish your carrer skills. Career skills are most important to get a better job related to your qualification and field study.

By DAVID H B R

May 22, 2022

this course was very complete if you dont know the system to find a job in US so i'm very grateful to take this course and had the opportunity to study and improve my english

By Peter D

Feb 15, 2021

i really enjoyed this course and thanks for everything hope you stream my new song on Spotify

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By Daniel M

Feb 13, 2021

I exceed my expectations, it is very well structured. The course provides information and advice necessary to achieve improvements in English and the job application process.

By Christina W

Dec 22, 2020

Really , this course helped me ♥️☺️

I will do my best to achieve every thing i have learned in this course ♥️♥️

I really thank the coursera community in my deep of my heart 💝

By Anuradha

Oct 12, 2020

Excellent course both professors are so compassionate it was very creative informative and interesting. I have developed unique experience throughout the course. Thank you 🙏

By Deleted A

Jul 10, 2020

This course is amazing, the way that the teachers explain all the stuffs is so good to understand and learn. I definelly recommend this for someone that is looking for a job!

By Shahram R

May 5, 2020

It is an excellent course, I highly recommend this course to job seeker to prepare a professional resume and cover letter and also get familiar with the interview atmosphere.

By Gabriel M R

Apr 20, 2020

Thanks for this opportunity, that was a excellent experience and a good chance to get better skills and have an appropriate behavior on the an eventually interview at the US.

By Anderson V A

Oct 23, 2022

Was wanderful to me got here in this course and the professors were great Leading this process. thank So much! don't change keep growing day by day..! may God bless you.

By Наталья Б

Aug 3, 2022

This cource is really intresting and very important for jobs seeker. I knew a lot information and improved my English.

Thank you so much for your job.

Sincerely,

Nataliia Boiko

By Snigdha S

Jan 19, 2022

T was very nice experience of an online course and it was very helpful to me as it gave more knowledge on the english and about the job interview and it was fun learning it.

By Itamara A

May 18, 2021

Thank you so much for this free course. I am pretty sure it helps a lot of people who are interested in working in North America and improving their English skills. I loved.

By Thathsara D

Apr 29, 2021

As it named Eng.for career development, it perfectly done that. We could gain clear knowledge about the workplace communication. So I prefer to thanks my teachers.Thank you.

By Jorge L G T

Jan 21, 2021

It is a great course, I was learn about of job search process and how write my resume and cover letter. I did not know how introduce myself with other people and now I know.

By Nicola A

Oct 7, 2020

This was an exceptional course, understandable and easy to manipulate. Excellent course for persons now on the job search or persons upgrading their interviewing techniques.

By Abhinav A

May 2, 2020

Thank you very much for curating this course. Not only did it help in understanding & correcting our mistakes, but has empowered us to face job interviews with 'Confidence'.