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Workforce Development Courses

Workforce development courses can help you learn talent acquisition strategies, employee training techniques, performance management, and skills gap analysis. You can build expertise in creating effective onboarding programs, implementing mentorship initiatives, and evaluating workforce effectiveness. Many courses introduce tools like Learning Management Systems (LMS) for training delivery, HR analytics software for performance tracking, and project management tools to streamline workforce initiatives.


Popular Workforce Development Courses and Certifications


  • C

    Coursera

    Shell Scripting with Bash: Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Scripting, Command-Line Interface, Unix Shell, Unix Commands, Linux Commands, Unix, Linux, File I/O, File Management

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    61 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    R

    Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

    Sourcing Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, Supplier Performance Management, Supply Management, Supply Chain Management, Benchmarking, Competitive Analysis, Business Analytics, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Financial Analysis

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    20 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Introduction to R: Basic R syntax

    Skills you'll gain: R Programming, Arithmetic, Statistical Programming, Development Environment, Programming Principles, Data Import/Export

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    47 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    G

    Google Cloud

    Data Engineer, Big Data and ML on Google Cloud em Português

    Skills you'll gain: Model Deployment, Google Cloud Platform, Real Time Data, Data Lakes, Dataflow, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Warehousing, Data Preprocessing, Tensorflow, Data Pipelines, Big Data, Data Governance, Data Migration, Feature Engineering, Data Quality, Data Architecture, Dashboard, Data Processing, Apache Spark, Applied Machine Learning

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    125 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free
    Free
    C

    Coursera

    Build a CI/CD Pipeline with Docker: From Code to Deployment

    Skills you'll gain: Docker (Software), CI/CD, Cloud Deployment, Application Deployment, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, DevOps, Containerization, Cloud Hosting, Spring Boot, Continuous Deployment, Amazon Web Services, Continuous Integration, GitHub

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • C

    Coursera

    Engage and Assess Students with Quizizz

    Skills you'll gain: Student Engagement, Course Development, Teaching, Interactive Learning, Instructional Strategies, Education Software and Technology, Content Performance Analysis, Data Collection

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    58 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • D

    Duke University

    Introduction to Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

    Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Vector Databases, Embeddings, OpenAI API, Data Import/Export, Pandas (Python Package), Generative AI, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Manipulation, Large Language Modeling, Python Programming, Machine Learning

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    46 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Glasgow

    Defining Strategic Business Leadership - SBL 1

    Skills you'll gain: Leadership Development, Organizational Change

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    M

    Microsoft

    Deployment and DevOps

    Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Continuous Integration, Cloud Deployment, Application Deployment, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Services, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Cloud Applications, Cloud Security, Microsoft Copilot, System Monitoring, Debugging

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    L

    LearnKartS

    Advanced Docker

    Skills you'll gain: Docker (Software), Cloud-Native Computing, Containerization, Application Deployment, Data Storage, DevOps, Security Controls, Authentications, Network Model, YAML, Virtual Networking, Scalability

    3.4
    Rating, 3.4 out of 5 stars
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    20 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free
    Free
    A

    Amazon Web Services

    AWS Tools to Develop, Run, and Modernize .NET Workloads

    Skills you'll gain: .NET Framework, Cloud Development, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Visual Studio, Integrated Development Environments, C# (Programming Language), Software Development Tools, Cloud Deployment

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Glasgow

    Data-Driven Leadership Skills Course 2: Agile Leadership

    Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Decision-Making, Agile Methodology, Strategic Leadership, Business Leadership, Business Transformation, Analytics, Data Analysis, Leadership, Leadership Development, Organizational Leadership, Leadership and Management, Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Complex Problem Solving

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular workforce development courses

  • Shell Scripting with Bash: Basics: Coursera
  • Sourcing Analytics: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
  • Introduction to R: Basic R syntax: Coursera
  • Data Engineer, Big Data and ML on Google Cloud em Português: Google Cloud
  • Build a CI/CD Pipeline with Docker: From Code to Deployment: Coursera
  • Engage and Assess Students with Quizizz: Coursera
  • Introduction to Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): Duke University
  • Defining Strategic Business Leadership - SBL 1: University of Glasgow
  • Deployment and DevOps: Microsoft
  • Advanced Docker: LearnKartS

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