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About the Course

Welcome to English for Career Development, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. To enroll in this course for free, click on “Enroll now” and then select "Full Course. No certificate." This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in advancing their careers in the global marketplace. In this course, you will learn about the job search, application, and interview process in the United States, while comparing and contrasting the same process in your home country. This course will also give you the opportunity to explore your global career path, while building your vocabulary and improving your language skills to achieve your professional goals. The first unit in this course will introduce the U.S. job application process and provide strategies for identifying the jobs that match your interests and skills. Unit 2 will take you through the steps necessary to produce a professional-looking resume. In unit 3, you will work to develop a clear and concise cover letter. The final unit of the course focuses on networking and interview skills. Anyone may take this course for free. If you want to get a Coursera Verified Certificate for free, please fill out the Financial Aid form. Unless otherwise noted, all course materials are available for re-use, repurposing and free distribution under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license. Supplemental reading materials were provided by Newsela, which publishes daily news articles at a level that's just right for each English language learner....

Top reviews

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I was asking myself and different resources for so long about all the questions you neatly put it into this short course. Thank you for the good arrangement of the learning process during the course.

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I did not know before that finding applying and interviewing is like a science thing that I have to study and educate myself for, I found that the course is very good and standardise the whole idea

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By Ella H

Sep 5, 2019

I learned a lot from this course, such as how to use verb modal in the written way, networking elevator speech, how to write cover letter and resume in a neat and clear way etc..

By Mark J S

Jun 18, 2024

This course has helped shape my thinking and perception of the job search in a positive way. I am confident in using the knowledge I have gained from this course to do exploits.

By Martha S C

Aug 16, 2022

I really enjoyed taking this course, it has a practical and simple language for non-native English speakers, and I learned important items to take into account in my job search.

By Salma b

Nov 18, 2020

This is so much excited moment that i can earn more knowledge from this course. Actually its an outstanding course.Thank you so much to the community for their suspected course.

By Kamal K

Oct 19, 2020

It's an awesome course that has helped me write a better resume and cover letter. I got to know the basics of English for my professional growth. Thanks to both the instructors.

By LAURA M V S

Sep 20, 2020

This has been a great course!

I´ve learned a lot of tips that are quite useful when looking for a job.

And of course this course helped me to practice my English.

Thanks Teachers!

By José A M

Sep 7, 2020

Excellent course. thanks a lot for all the tips. i realize i had to improve my resume in a very important way and I did it. Mi likend in profile now is getting much more visits.

By Dipali S

Apr 14, 2020

It's an amazing course I recommended to everyone to do this course this course may help you to get a job and how to be professional.

Thank you so much for your efforts and time.

By Carlos C

May 7, 2017

Es un excelente curso para el desarrollo profesional y mejorar el idioma inglés. / It is a excellent coursera to professional development and making better the english language.

By Obed A

Jan 18, 2023

This course has also improved my knowledge of the job market, about which I feel more confident now. It has taught me a lot about communication skills. Excellent INSTRUCTORS!!!

By adel a

Sep 12, 2021

cood course so no need to be confused any more on how enterprise workd and how CV must be, if you want to kick off the discourage about how to get a job this course is for you.

By Gaby G

Nov 9, 2020

Muy buen curso. Me gusto mucho que metieran la parte de gramatica y todo el lenguaje usado. Inclusive te ayuda a prepararte para la busqueda de un trabajo en tu idioma materno

By Eleanor P C

Sep 26, 2020

I want to express my sincere thanks to our instructors Mr Brian and Ms Robyn for everything I have learned in this course, particularly about resume and cover letter.

Thank you!

By Thalia d S M

Sep 10, 2020

Very good! I learned a lot from this course! I improved my vocabulary and learned new words, expressions and so many things that will contribute to my career growth. Thank you.

By Daniel n

Apr 5, 2020

Thank you so much. I learned a great deal of knowledge. If I have chance to go U.S, I will go to university of pennsylvania to thank our teachers in person. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

By TONAJDO H

Mar 31, 2020

I would like to thank you for this kind of online English course. I really enjoyed the time learning ''English for Career Development''. It was very helpful and well organized.

By RUTH L C E

Jul 13, 2023

Me gusto el curso ya que fue interactivo y me brindo mucha ayuda profesional para buscar un mejor empleo gracias a eso consegui una entrevista de trabajo para un mejor empleo.

By Mạnh L

Apr 6, 2022

Honestly, this course make me more confident when I starting to fine a new job. I think it will be better if I can revieve the certificate from this course. Thank you so much.

By Ramakrishna C

Apr 21, 2021

Read a lot about career framework earlier but nothing could match this course . A grate course and must for many who are confused with Career Framework for self development .

By geet

Aug 14, 2020

I learn many things about in this course. specially,I like the way of teaching style, talking style which is very clear and understandable.

Thank you so much for your service

By Ariovaldo L

Aug 4, 2020

This course was amazing! I learned how to prepare my resume, a cover letter and how to be prepared to a job interview. Congratulations to professors and all the coursera team!

By Anchalee P

May 5, 2020

Nice course. I have learned a lot about how to write a resume, cover letter, and how to prepare for job interviews. Easy to understand, and take not a lot of time to complete.

By Muhammad A F

Jul 20, 2017

I have learnt so many new thing from this course. I think every student must complete this course in order to cope with the challenges which she would face during job process.

By Shahzad A

Sep 25, 2023

Its an outstanding course and really helpful to polish your carrer skills. Career skills are most important to get a better job related to your qualification and field study.

By David B

May 22, 2022

this course was very complete if you dont know the system to find a job in US so i'm very grateful to take this course and had the opportunity to study and improve my english