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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

EB

Jul 3, 2020

Thank you for letting us to use this opportunity at this pandemic situation.

I find this course has a lot example which is unstandable and illustration and so efficient for newcomer and job seeker.

R

Jul 20, 2020

AN EXCELLENT COURSE. THE TEACHERS ARE OUT STANDING. THERE IS A CLARITY OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION IN THE TEACHERS. EVERY ONE WHO IS SEARCHING FOR JOB SHOULD DO THIS COURSE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM.

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By Heba M

May 2, 2021

Actually, the course is very interesting and informative; it serves the key elements for starting your career. Also, the teachers are very friendly, enthusiasm and perfect. Literally, I got the most from this course, and I recommend it for who loves to develop their career life.

By Zeeshan H S

Sep 2, 2023

BETTER, PRODUCTIVE COURSE IT IS. SPECIALLY US INTERVIEWS; WHAT THEY ASK AND WHAT NOT! , WHAT IS ILLEGAL TO ASK IN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE INTERVIEWEES.

ASSIGNMENTS, DISCUSSION BOARDS ARE BETTER AND IT GAVE MANY PIECES OF INFORMATION.

THANKS TO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

COURSERA

By Amina G

May 4, 2020

This course helps us how to write Resume in proper way,and how to talk with people when we meet other peoples specially in gatherings /meetings.Learn about Verbs,past present and perfect tense.Lots of learning in Day to day life,got confidence.Thanks for everything.

By Charlotte S

Feb 12, 2024

Great course. I learned valuable information regarding the job market and how to prepare and apply for a job. The instructors were clear when explaining key information. The videos and visuals helped a lot undertsand key ideas. Thanks for this opportunity.

By Ramón G G

Mar 24, 2019

I have learned so much, about how to develop a resumen, cover letter... in USA, it is very similar in my country, and is very interesting the using media to let you know. Personaly, I wanted to learn English and above all listening to undestand beter.

By André L B d F

May 5, 2020

A good course for people without professional experience or few years of experience. For experient workers is a perfect opportunity to practice english, if you are an experient worker with advanced level in english, the course could be a little weak.

By Syed S

May 22, 2021

the course good , the instructors were much talented and always clear with their words and their way of convey is better and easy to understand.This course literally increased my confidence level. I will surely recommend this course to job seekers.

By Abdullah A A

Nov 12, 2022

It doesn't matter how much competent skills and experience you have, if you cannot present them professionally to your employers. This course taught me how to be exceptional candidate and build strong resume that will help me a lot in my career.

By Naomi H

May 30, 2021

This course is for job seekers and also people who feel necessity to review their job experience. Though I am not a native speaker, two instructors leads me politely and kindly so I got a lot of knowledge and realization. Thank you very much.

By Kawaiisquishy • 9 y a

Oct 26, 2016

This course give me a lot of information about how to make beter resume, also teach me to learn about how to show our skill. Nice and thank you for Brian and Turner , you are great teacher. Thank you to AE and University of Pennsylvania.

By Sandeep K

Feb 18, 2021

why are you asking for buying certificate if course is free ? certificate is more impotent than skill ? i won't buy the certificate this would totally disappointed me

apart from that the course is good and very supportive for career.

By Ada D

Jan 26, 2022

I appreciated the materials, quizzes, and samples presented in this course. However, I hope that it could still add more interactive lessons, as most of the enrollees in this course are students and have no work experience.

By Luis E G

May 3, 2021

This is a practical course, I'd like to recommend this.Especially for people who want to improve in personal skills, language skills and your career development of course,

Thanks a lot to teachers for this good experience !

By Ashlee E

Jul 29, 2021

This course is super interesting, apart from that it helps you a lot with your learning about the language, grammar and other things, you can see that it is very easy to understand and good to want to continue studying.

By Kerin P

Jun 28, 2020

This course is crucial for anyone who wishes to seek employment in the US. I learned to design my resume and cover letter in accordance with the job description. This course also covered job interview do's and don'ts.

By Sujan A

May 5, 2020

I became very excited that i learned . It is very useful course for those peoples who have English is a second language. I hope it will change our career. I would like to recommend to join and get the full advantage.

By WEN L H

Jan 23, 2023

I would say if you do take it serious, you could always learn from it more or less.

It's a bit slow tho, the difficulty of all the quiz could be be level up a bit if you ask me.

thank you, i had a great experience

By Arti r

May 21, 2020

It is a beneficial course for people who are new to job search and wanted to make a good impression through a resume. It gives all information from where to look for job to how to apply and interview for the job.

By José A B G

Sep 17, 2021

The course is very interesting, since through it you learn to make your resume, the cover letter, the elevator speech and to prepare the interviews. The only downside is that the level of English is a bit low.

By Priya R

Apr 13, 2021

i am so proud that i have completed this course and also wants to thanks the teachersss and coursera that i am able to know such a wast information about the interviewing and how to make the interveiw look good

By Amal S

Dec 13, 2018

It is a n excellent courese . It gives us the ability to write an outstanding resume and cover letter . This course paved the way for us to achieve the career we applied in , and be one of the best candidates .

By Osaweze O

Jun 12, 2020

It was quite an exception course, so many learnings along the five weeks. I took so many things for granted interms of writing a resume and a cover letter. Special thanks to the intrustors for opening my mind.

By Leena D

Jun 16, 2021

English for career Development course very good and interesting course. Both instructor are very talented and polite speaker. I will enjoy this course and improve my knowledge.

But how can I get certificate?

By Dr B S

Jul 28, 2020

It is a good course for the job aspirants and very useful to write Resume and Covering Letters but somewhat boring for the teachers of English who have been teaching the content to the students already.

By siham b m

Jan 16, 2021

It is really an interesting course that I have a chance to get it. I learned many things about networking, professional world, new technics to get a job and be a good fit. It is really a useful course.