The purpose of the Capstone Project in the Career Success Specialization is for you to apply the methods and techniques you learned in the series of courses to a personal experience, giving you a way to communicate your value to potential employers. You’ll focus your communication, management, negotiation, problem solving, business writing, time management, finance, entrepreneurship, and project management skills into a single project that demonstrates your career readiness.
Career Success Project
Career Success Project
This course is part of Career Success Specialization
Instructors: Patricia Bravo, MBA, SPHR
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3 hours to complete
3 weeks at 1 hour a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Add value to your organization by effectively gathering, synthesizing, and analyzing information
Develop practical and innovative solutions to organizational problems
Use powerful strategic planning tools
Communicate information, ideas, and solutions to senior-level decision makers
Skills you'll gain
- Strategic Thinking
- Risk Analysis
- Constructive Feedback
- Professional Development
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Verbal Communication Skills
- Presentations
- Business Communication
- Project Management
- Business Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Business Planning
- Business Solutions
- Communication
- Peer Review
- Organizational Strategy
- Problem Solving
- Competitive Analysis
- Report Writing
- Business Strategies
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Taught in Russian
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This course is part of the Career Success Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
- Learn new concepts from industry experts
- Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
- Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
- Earn a shareable career certificate
Earn a career certificate
Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV
Share it on social media and in your performance review
There are 6 modules in this course
Welcome to the Career Success Capstone course! This week you will review the directions for the assignment and begin researching a business to evaluate using the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the coursework in the Career Success Specialization.
What's included
4 readings
In Week 2, you will conduct a SWOT analysis to better understand and describe the organization, its resources and its environment.
What's included
1 reading
In Weeks 3 and 4, you will use your SWOT matrix, created in Week 2, to write your SWOT Analysis Report. You will select and focus on one specific people- or process-related current problem (identified as a weakness or threat through the SWOT analysis you have conducted) facing the organization that would be of personal and professional interest to you; develop a detailed analysis of the problem, including affected stakeholders and impact; explore options; and select and write about a viable solution to the problem.
What's included
1 reading
You have the optional opportunity to submit a draft of your project for Peer Feedback. You can also self-evaluate your project draft to see how you would do on the grading rubric and identify areas to improve.
What's included
2 readings1 peer review
Submit your Final Capstone Project and Peer Review the projects of 3 classmates.
What's included
1 peer review
Congratulations on making it to the end of the Career Success Capstone and Specialization! Make sure you have submitted your Final Project and completed your 3 required Peer Reviews well before the final deadline.
What's included
1 reading
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