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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..

IM

Nov 9, 2021

This course is very crucial one. really i learn very important lessons I am really thankfully for teachers who taught me these lesson though i would like to get free certificate because lack of money.

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By May

Sep 6, 2020

I think the couese is very useful for my career development and i learnt very much through it. On the other hand ,other persons helped me so much by their advices. I hope the course become more and more public.

By Sisir K D

Aug 27, 2020

Its great to learn about this course. There is many things to learn about resume writing and cover letter and interview. Its a must have basic course for every beginner who wants to improve in English language.

By Anderson J F

Jun 13, 2020

I very much enjoyed this course. It helped me to clarify my ideas of resume, cover letter and job interviews. I hope many people could roll to this course, like me, for professional improvement and development.

By Áureo N

Nov 3, 2016

This course is must-do for people who seek for jobs that might be posted in English, nor other language depending on where you from, but asking you to provide English resume and cover letter.

Go do it right now!

By Fedra M G

Jul 28, 2020

That was a great course. I believe it will help me a lot. I am very thankful to have´d the opportunity to take it for free. I wish I could pay to get the certificate but not at this moment. Thank you. Regards.

By Nasir M

Dec 12, 2023

I recommend this course to everyone. the tutor of this course was too much confident and intelligent. Thank you Coursera and Pennsylvania university for approving our financial aid for such outstanding course

By Wei V

Apr 25, 2021

I am enjoy having this course because they use language that is easy to understand also have clear course structure to make everything so comprehensive .I feel more confident to take this course ! Thank you !

By Beatriz B G

Dec 22, 2020

I have never seen a successful course on how to make a resume and more. At the beginning I was nervous because I am not bilingual, but with my knowledge in English I could understand everything. Thanks a lot.

By Muhammet Y

Nov 6, 2020

I have worked coursera in term of epidemic. This course improve me about business world. How can i write good resume? What i do write about experiences or skills? This course answer me about all of question.

By Syeda R F

Jun 4, 2020

The course was awesome. There are many things to learn from this course. This course cleared all the questions by providing the classes and quizes . I'd like to thank all of them who contributed to teach us

By Saba M

Aug 26, 2018

This course is very helpful and so easy to understand. Those who are looking for a job or internship, they have to make a fine resume and cover letter, and this course will help you alot n making these stuff.

By Mohammed S S

Jul 22, 2023

Thank you Team, It is a good course, Before attending this course i have no idea how to create my own resume, cover letter and how talk with employers. At the end of the course i surely see some development.

By AHMED (

Oct 9, 2022

I am engineering student at Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, This is my first online degree.

At the same time, I am determined to take another course. Thanks to Allah and secondly Thanks to Coursera community,

By Gédéon D

Sep 20, 2021

Bonjour,

J'ai beaucoup apprécié ce cours qui m'a permis d'avoir de nouvelles connaissances en techniques de recherce d'emplois.

Desormais, je suis outillé pour pouvoir repondre aux offres d'emplois en anglais.

By NURSAZLIN B R

Jul 9, 2021

Thank you for this excellent courses. I enjoyed doing all the course activities and all the instructions were very clear. This course really help me on my job search. The tutor also doing good job. Thumb up!

By Fernanda c

Nov 2, 2022

This course gives you the basic and necessary tools to develop professionally in the US. It is very easy to understand the topics and is very well organized. Additionally, you learn professional vocabulary.

By mohamed r

Mar 15, 2022

Really, it is a wonderful and interesting course. It has helped me a lot to develop my level of applying for different jobs online. I highly recommend it to everyone who wants to develop their career level.

By Daivik B

Aug 28, 2020

Excellent content! I really feel that I learned many things that I am not aware of it before. Thank You very much, Coursera and The University of Pennsylvania for providing such a career development course.

By Tanase C

Apr 30, 2020

Hi there,

Thank you all for this beautiful and constructive course. During this pandemic period coursera is a very good choice to learn something new and useful. Teachers are wonderful ! Thank you very much.

By Anil K

Apr 28, 2020

It was a great journey and i am really happy that i have learnt many more things specially about covering letter. Good concept and good content. I wish that ill learn other courses also from the university.

By Silvia S B

Apr 14, 2020

It is a quality course. I liked the distribution of topics among the five weeks, the clarity of the teachers' explanations and the duration of each video, reading and exercise. It is complete and enjoyable.

By Paola G

Mar 20, 2024

The course is a comprehensive and well-organized course that provides an effective introduction to 'how to be prepared' in English. The content is well-organized and presented in an easy-to-understand way.

By Abaid U

Feb 28, 2022

Overall this is a great effort to teach and empower people. I learnt many new and unconventional things from this course which, I believe will be helpful for finding new jobs in future. Thank you so much.

By Thu M

Oct 10, 2021

I have learned so many interesting things through this course. English is not my first language. However, the guider's pronunciation is easy to hear and understand. They are also very polite and supportive

By Gatbel G Y

Jun 20, 2021

i made a lot of mistakes before i take this course,now am no longer have a such kind of mistakes ,because this course acquaint me with all necessary skills which are needed in every aspect of job finding.