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Professional Development Courses

Professional development courses can help you learn effective communication, leadership strategies, time management, and conflict resolution. You can build skills in networking, personal branding, and project management techniques. Many courses introduce tools like presentation software, collaboration platforms, and performance tracking systems, showing how these skills can enhance teamwork and productivity in various professional settings.


Popular Professional Development Courses and Certifications


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    28DIGITAL

    Privacy in Europe

    Skills you'll gain: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Case Law, Personally Identifiable Information, Information Privacy, IT Security Architecture, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, European History, Data Governance, Legal Research, Data Security

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    97 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Central Banks and Monetary Policy

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Policy, Financial Systems, Banking, Financial Market, Financial Regulation, Market Liquidity, Economics, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Market Dynamics, Crisis Management

    Build toward a degree

    4.7
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    112 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Motores gráficos en videojuegos: game engine

    Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Computer Graphics, 3D Assets, Microsoft Visual Studio, C++ (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, User Interface (UI), Animations, Application Development

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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    105 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Leadership: An Introduction

    Skills you'll gain: Persuasive Communication, Business Ethics, Creativity, Creative Thinking, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Influencing, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion, Team Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Business Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership and Management, Responsible AI, Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Making, Cultural Diversity

    4.5
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    39 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Kinetics: Studying Spacecraft Motion

    Skills you'll gain: Vibrations, Mechanics, Torque (Physics), Control Systems, Engineering Analysis, Differential Equations, Mathematical Modeling, Engineering, Simulation and Simulation Software, Applied Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Physics, Calculus

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    134 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Effective Communication for Today’s Leader

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    103 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Cloud Security Risks: Identify and Protect Against Threats

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Security, Threat Management, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access Management, Data Security, Cloud-Native Computing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Authentications, Cloud Computing, Vulnerability Assessments, Multi-Factor Authentication, Data Governance, Personally Identifiable Information, Authorization (Computing), Infrastructure Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Containerization, Network Analysis

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    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnQuest

    Advanced Java

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Maven, Spring Framework, Microservices, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Spring Boot, Java, Java Programming, Back-End Web Development, Software Architecture, Load Balancing, Application Servers, Restful API, Web Applications, Scalability

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    51 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Indian School of Business

    Design your own trading strategy – Culminating Project

    Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Data Collection, Financial Trading, Project Design, Portfolio Management, Securities Trading, Business Planning, Market Analysis, Technical Analysis, Model Evaluation, Investment Management, Financial Analysis, Performance Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Equities

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Introduction to UX/UI Design

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Research, Wireframing, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Emerging Technologies, Prototyping, Software Development Life Cycle

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    82 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Data Engineering Capstone Project

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, IBM DB2, IBM Cognos Analytics, Big Data, Databases, PostgreSQL, Operational Databases, Relational Databases, Data Architecture, NoSQL, Data Pipelines, Applied Machine Learning, MongoDB, SQL, MySQL, Dashboard, Predictive Modeling, Python Programming

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    DeepLearning.AI

    Fast Prototyping of GenAI Apps with Streamlit

    Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Prototyping, Agile Product Development, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Application Development, Interactive Design, User Interface (UI), Data Integration

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Privacy in Europe: 28DIGITAL
  • Central Banks and Monetary Policy: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Motores gráficos en videojuegos: game engine: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Leadership: An Introduction: Johns Hopkins University
  • Kinetics: Studying Spacecraft Motion: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Effective Communication for Today’s Leader: Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Cloud Security Risks: Identify and Protect Against Threats: Google Cloud
  • Advanced Java: LearnQuest
  • Design your own trading strategy – Culminating Project: Indian School of Business
  • Introduction to UX/UI Design: IBM

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