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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

    Build an AI-Powered App with Claude

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Anthropic Claude, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Authentications, Context Management, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Content Creation, Customer Service

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    How to Use ChatGPT and Generative AI to Help Create Content

    Skills you'll gain: OpenAI API

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Python Functions, Files, and Dictionaries

    Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Data Import/Export, Python Programming, Functional Design, Programming Principles, Data Structures, Debugging

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    IBM Mainframe Developer

    Skills you'll gain: Mainframe Computing, COBOL (Programming Language), Software Development Life Cycle, z/OS, Unit Testing, Systems Analysis, Job Control Language (JCL), IBM DB2, Systems Development, Debugging, Pseudocode, Virtualization, Agile Methodology, Software Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), Report Writing, Relational Databases, Software Testing, Technical Support, File I/O

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    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    Jira: Plan, Verify, and Deliver

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Quality Assurance, Jira (Software), Agile Methodology, Verification And Validation, Product Quality (QA/QC), Quality Assessment, Agile Project Management, Sprint Planning, Workflow Management, Project Estimation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Logical Operations

    Advanced Python: Object-Oriented Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design, Application Development, Python Programming, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Software Development, Scripting, Virtual Machines, Scripting Languages

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    AI-First Test Automation with Functionize Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Test Automation, Continuous Integration, CI/CD, AI Orchestration, Software Quality Assurance, Maintainability, Quality Assurance, Automation, Verification And Validation, User Interface (UI), Natural Language Processing, Scalability

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Money, Wealth, and Happiness

    Skills you'll gain: Case Management

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Master Bootstrap to Build Responsive E-Commerce Sites

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Apache Cassandra Training for Scalable NoSQL Databases

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Cassandra, Query Languages, Data Modeling, Operational Databases, Back-End Web Development, Distributed Computing, Full-Stack Web Development, Performance Tuning, NoSQL, Data Manipulation, Database Design, Scalability, Data Integrity, Data Management, Java

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    الإسعافات الأولية النفسية 2.0 مترجم للعربية

    Skills you'll gain: Mental Health Diseases and Disorders, Safety and Security, Psychological Evaluations, Adult Education, Resilience, Empathy

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Clean, Analyze, and Visualize Your Data

    Skills you'll gain: Data Preprocessing, Data Visualization, Performance Tuning

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Build an AI-Powered App with Claude: Coursera
  • How to Use ChatGPT and Generative AI to Help Create Content: Packt
  • Python Functions, Files, and Dictionaries: University of Michigan
  • IBM Mainframe Developer: IBM
  • Jira: Plan, Verify, and Deliver: Coursera
  • Advanced Python: Object-Oriented Programming: Logical Operations
  • AI-First Test Automation with Functionize Essentials: Coursera
  • Money, Wealth, and Happiness: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Master Bootstrap to Build Responsive E-Commerce Sites: EDUCBA
  • Apache Cassandra Training for Scalable NoSQL Databases: EDUCBA

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