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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

DI

Aug 24, 2019

It is the very useful course for learning, this course provides videos for better understanding. A part from that there are exams like quiz, games, video recording, review of classmates work and all..

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 xue s

Jul 8, 2020

I have learned a lot from this class. The schedule is reasonable and progressive. Firstly, it taught me how to write a resume and a cover letter. Secondly, it helped me practice making a networking elevator speech. Finally, it showed me how to ask and answer questions in a job interview. Thanks all the teachers for their hard work and I hope this course will benefit more students.

By Trupti D

Jul 1, 2020

I really enjoyed the course ,as it gave me a different perspective. I like the method ,particular.The video,the quiz assignment. Review is a new method i came across. I really didn't know that two types of resume.learned a lot about action verbs.I can keep writing of this course on and on.

I like to do this course as a subject teacher.and I would recommend other to do this course.

By Melissa A

May 11, 2020

I really had fun taking this course. Unlike others, I am someone who had several years of working experience already. I took this course as a refresher of some sort as I think I what I know about career development is already obsolete. I learned a lot here and I'm very happy to say that my resume looks way better now. The lessons in this course are very useful. Highly recommended.

By Mohamed F

Jul 18, 2022

I find this course really Perfect, the teachers are really wonderful, the whole content is very interesting and easier even for an intermediate English like me! I'm very happy getting the chance to choose a course like this and I hope to find further higher levels to progress, but wonderful like this one! Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the edition of this course

By Josephine E R

Apr 26, 2017

This was an excellent course and I am glad and honored to have been offered the Scholarship for the Verified Course Certificate, in case this course is re-offered, I am going to suggest everyone to take the opportunity to go through this amazing course. Thanks to Coursera and the Course Instructors for their valuable time and effort to provide us with such resourceful knowledge.

By Jose L A G V

Nov 17, 2022

Este curso me ha enseñado muchas cosas acerca de aplicar a trabajos en U.S.A. , cosas que ignoraba por completo , como que era de vital importancia usar un cover letter , o de la forma que uno debe expresarse en una entrevista de trabajo, cómo crear el Resume, o cómo usar action verbs y su importanmcia , entre otras cosas, además de ayudarme a practicar mi inglés y mejorarlo...

By Hay M L

Jan 14, 2021

It is a very good course for people who are not speaking English as their first language. Lectures videos are really systematic and quiz are really amazing. I really appreciate this course which will help me to take care of my strengths and weaknesses in my previous job searches. In addition, it highlights the grammar points that I need to study in future. Thank you so much.

By Fayna F

Nov 12, 2021

Since I have a plan to work overseas, specifically in the United States. The English for Career Development course helps me a lot to enhance general knowledge about how to prepare and apply for a job. Morever, this course provides useful vocabulary and also the tips what should we avoid and do during the process. In the end, this course encourage me to start my global career.

By Geovanna d A S

Nov 18, 2020

Amazing opportunity for learning more about the process of applying, interview, and other specific requirements for jobs in the U.S. Especially if you're planning to study and work, it was an amazing experience and both teachers are very easy, smooth, and easy to understand.

If you want to learn more about how to apply with confidence in the U.S, I recommend checking it out.

By Rafael P G

Apr 23, 2020

I loved this course and the way the isntructors address the importance of little details that can make a huge difference between getting or not a new dreamed job as the cover letter for example, and I loved the interview example videos, what to do, what not to do, how to propperly answer the questions the interviewer may ask you, in conclusion, how to ace any job interview.

By joseph a t r

Sep 4, 2019

The information in this online course are very significant to all people to enhance and develop their skills and our abilities to use it in a profitable ways and the content of all week are very concluded and full of learning in readings, quiz and lectures this the part which give us a certain knowledge as well as i am thankful to all staff which belong in this institution.

By Moazam A

Apr 2, 2023

I am glad to announce that I have completed my very first course "English for Career Development" by University of Pennsylvania on Coursera. I want to give special Thanks to Coursera Team for providing me Financial Aid so I am able to complete this course. Big Thanks to Brian Mcmanus and Robyn Turner for instructing me throughout this course. Both instructors are the best.

By Ali B

Jul 22, 2021

It was lovely course , the two supervisors were nice , and the course is adapted also for non native speakers , but I hope you can develop review system so you can finish a unit without waiting for someone to verify, I already finished the course but I waited a day so the last assessment of unit 2 was reviewed , but in general it was a very good course ! thanks in advance.

By Dev C

Jun 11, 2020

Thank you so much you gave me the course based on financial aid it's amazing and i personally all video contatins like it's wonder and i share my coursera experience also i said you join and learn new things and courses it's really amazing and good today i finished my this course it's totally good and if you are job seeker so must learn this course it's really important.

By Rodolpho I

Apr 25, 2020

The course is amazing! Congratulations on the course! And thanks so much because it's free! I'm from Brazil and I'm searching for a job here. The process to search for a job here is similar to the US and I could learn a lot of things about what I should or shouldn't do in this process. I could improve my English too and, for me, it's something very important for my career.

By ERWIN R

May 15, 2023

Dear Robyn and Brian:

I think in my case, the objectives of this course have been fully met: I have learned a lot of interesting and useful topics related with my career development. Thank you very much to the Pennsylvania University team, which both of you belong to, and to the people and US government, for your professionalism and high quality of this MOOC.

God bless you.

By Muhammad F A

Jun 28, 2022

English for Career Development is a course organized by the University of Pennsylvania. This course is great because it focuses on learning and developing English skills for yourself, work, and career. One of the interesting things about this course is that it is organized by the University of Pennsylvania which is one of the best universities in the world BINTANG 4 **

By Mayar K

Aug 3, 2020

i do not know what i say because there is nothing to describe this course ,it is very perfect and i pleased my beautiful teachers in this course i will love you forever . thank you

yours, mayar kamal

By Danish K

Apr 12, 2020

I would like to give a complete 5 because of his friendly content and teaching method. Some of things that I liked most are..

• Sudden Come Up of single question between a video lecture

• Games and Assismemts assisted me to review what I have understood

• Special Thanks to both instructors. They are sweet and made my learning effortless by making topic simple and easy :)

By Sashank S

Apr 1, 2023

The entire programme is crafted in a very beautiful and understandable way. The peer-graded assignments are magnificent. The entire course is made using the concept of learning by doing, which is really great. The faculty are stupendous. They explained taking everyone into consideration. I really enjoyed the course and I am looking forward to more courses like this.

By Rishika P

Jul 2, 2020

One of the best course and thank to all. It is the very useful course for learning, this course is well designed and the language is very simple. This course provides reading lessons, quizs, games, question answers and also the main part for the better understanding videos. I get to know about the job search process and how to stand out from the job seekers crowd.

By Vanessa H

Jun 16, 2022

This was a very good course for me to fresh my skills and learn to write a resume in a professional way and learn what questions to ask doing an interview. Thank you for all you have put in this course. I also paid for my certifacte and now sure if I have a copy of it, weren't suppose to pay for our stuff do to we are in a program that we are learning for a job.

By NAJEM A

Jan 14, 2020

I can't express my great feeling throughout this course ! How much I learned and how much things I found out from this course. Sincerly, It help me a lot to build a strong career in my field.

It worth and deserve all amazing feedback.

I did it for free, but I promise you I will repay it later. Because it merit all kind of support.

Thank you a lot for this BIG Gift

By Elena U

Jun 6, 2020

I really enjoyed going through this course and listening to the perfect speech of the American teachers. The course itself was full of useful materials, as well as it was quite entertaining! I had a good laugh when watching a sample job interview with interviewee 1. I want to thank the teachers and those who took part in developing of this course! It was great!

By Luana d S

Apr 30, 2020

It was my first one in coursera. I loved it because they have a lot of manners to teach and reforce the learner. There's a lot of information about the steps that involves from composing a better and clearer resume until you even create more consistency of your capabilities. They also refresh your mind about the job market, updating you. #THANKS for all!!!