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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


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    Coursera

    Business Innovation: Prototyping, Markets, Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Ideation, New Product Development, Business Strategies, New Business Development, Business Strategy, Brainstorming, Product Development, Business Solutions, Entrepreneurship, Resource Management, Business Transformation, Market Opportunities, Business Research, Prioritization, Critical Thinking

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Forming, Funding, and Launching a Technology Startup Company

    Skills you'll gain: Entrepreneurial Finance, Business Planning, Financial Statements, Growth Strategies, Business Ethics, Intellectual Property, Financial Modeling, Entrepreneurship, Income Statement, Engineering Management, Legal Risk, Business Strategies, Technology Strategies, Organizational Development, Business Modeling, Cash Flows, Business Development, New Business Development, Risk Analysis, Engineering

    Build toward a degree

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Elasticsearch 8 and the Elastic Stack: In-Depth and Hands-On

    Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Data Visualization Software, Cloud Deployment, Data Visualization, Restful API, Data Mapping, Extract, Transform, Load, Histogram, Data Transformation, Amazon Web Services, Apache Kafka, Scalability, Cloud Management, Information Architecture, System Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Application Performance Management, Cloud Computing, Data Management, Data Structures

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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    QA Process Optimization: Agile & Automated Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Software Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance, Test Automation, Test Tools, Test Script Development, Acceptance Testing, Agile Software Development, Test Case, Software Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Agile Methodology, User Story, Agile Project Management, Automation, Analysis, Collaboration

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Global Marketing: Building Iconic Brands

    Skills you'll gain: Global Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Planning, Marketing, Cultural Sensitivity, Marketing Management, Branding, Marketing Strategies, Market Analysis, Brand Management, Cultural Diversity, Product Marketing, Product Promotion, Market Opportunities, Strategic Planning

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Microsoft

    High Performing PMOs

    Skills you'll gain: Project Management Office (PMO), Program Management, Change Management, Organizational Change, Project Portfolio Management, Project Management, Sustainable Development, Corporate Sustainability, Agile Methodology, Collaboration, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Stakeholder Engagement

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Pearson

    Full-Stack React with Spring Boot: Unit 1

    Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, IntelliJ IDEA, Spring Boot, React.js, Restful API, Integrated Development Environments, Object-Relational Mapping, Web Development Tools, Back-End Web Development, Web Applications, Application Frameworks, Command-Line Interface, Data Access

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Cypress end to end testing and intercepting network call

    Skills you'll gain: JavaScript Frameworks, Web Development Tools, Test Automation, API Testing, Test Tools, Software Testing, Network Performance Management, Web Servers

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    NIIT

    Developing Responsive Web Pages Using HTML5 and CSS3

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, Mobile Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Data-Oriented Python Programming and Debugging

    Skills you'll gain: NumPy, Debugging, Pandas (Python Package), Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Programming, Descriptive Statistics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Preprocessing, Data-oriented programming, Program Development, Numerical Analysis, Critical Thinking

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Data Engineer, Big Data and ML on Google Cloud en Français

    Skills you'll gain: Model Deployment, Dataflow, Google Cloud Platform, Data Pipelines, Real Time Data, Data Lakes, Data Import/Export, Workflow Management, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Transformation, PySpark, Tensorflow, Data Governance, Apache Spark, Dashboard, Apache Airflow, Data Warehousing, Data Processing, Metadata Management, Unstructured Data

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    O.P. Jindal Global University

    Macroeconomics: Foundations and Insights

    Skills you'll gain: Economics, Financial Policy, Economic Development, International Finance, Supply And Demand, Policy Analysis, Sustainable Development, Socioeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Accounting, Market Dynamics, Critical Thinking

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Business Innovation: Prototyping, Markets, Strategy: Coursera
  • Forming, Funding, and Launching a Technology Startup Company: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Elasticsearch 8 and the Elastic Stack: In-Depth and Hands-On: Packt
  • QA Process Optimization: Agile & Automated Testing: Coursera
  • Global Marketing: Building Iconic Brands: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • High Performing PMOs: Microsoft
  • Full-Stack React with Spring Boot: Unit 1: Pearson
  • Cypress end to end testing and intercepting network call: Coursera
  • Developing Responsive Web Pages Using HTML5 and CSS3: NIIT
  • Data-Oriented Python Programming and Debugging: University of Michigan

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