Course Summary
This course on Career Planning is designed to help you identify your strengths, interests, and values in order to make informed decisions about your career path. It covers various topics such as goal setting, networking, job searching, and interviewing.Key Learning Points
- Create a career plan that aligns with your strengths, interests, and values
- Learn to set achievable goals and develop a strategy to achieve them
- Discover effective networking techniques to build professional relationships
- Master the art of job searching and interviewing
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Develop a career plan that aligns with your strengths, interests, and values
- Set achievable goals and create a strategy to achieve them
- Master the art of networking, job searching, and interviewing
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- No prior knowledge or experience required
- Open to anyone interested in planning their career
Course Difficulty Level
BeginnerCourse Format
- Self-paced
- Online
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- How to Network Effectively
- Job Interview Skills Training Course
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Notable People in This Field
- Richard Nelson Bolles
- Dan Miller
Related Books
Description
This course is designed to foster creative approaches to launching a new career. You will articulate best ways to make a first impression and analyze your strengths by creating a personal statement. You will identify appropriate elements to make your resume stand out from the crowd. You will also identify the most effective ways a cover letter can answer a job description, and how to best leverage social media in your job search. In short, this course will help you to prepare for a new job. You will learn how to apply, network, leverage social media, interview, follow-up, and evaluate options through research and with the help of experienced faculty and talented professional.
Outline
- Getting Creative: First Impressions
- Meet the Team
- Making a Great First Impression in an Interview
- Learning Objectives
- Snap judgments - The Princeton Study
- Personality Trumps Skill
- The 5-7-9 Ways to Make a Great First Impression
- Test Your First Impression Skills - Just for Fun
- Promote Yourself without Selling Out
- The Elevator Speech
- Elevator Pitch - Professional Examples
- First Impressions Quiz
- Elevator Speech Quiz
- Writing My Resume
- Overview of Writing My Resume
- Making Your Resume Stand Out
- Learning Objectives
- What should my resume look like?
- Writing My Resume Practice Quiz
- Writing my Resume
- My Cover Letter
- Overview of Creating Your Cover Letter
- Learning Objectives
- Are cover letters important?
- Becoming a more Customized Candidate
- Your Cover Letter vs. Your Job Description
- Connecting the Puzzle Pieces
- Cover Letter Practice Quiz
- My Cover Letter
- My Social Media Strategy
- Introduction to My Social Media Strategy
- How To Use LinkedIn
- The Learning Objectives
- The Job Seeker's Social Media Survival Kit
- Practical LinkedIn 4.0
- How To Use Twitter
- How To Use Facebook
- Should You Use Facebook as a Job-Seeking Tool?
- 11 Steps to Become a Social Leader
- My Social Media Strategy, Practice Quiz
- My Social Media Strategy, Graded Quiz
- Mastering the Interview
- Overview of Interviewing Best Practices
- Networking and Making Connections That Matter
- Best and Worst Interview Questions
- Learning Objectives
- Steps to a Successful Interview
- The Path to Interview Success
- Mastering the Interview - Comprehensive Overview
- Top Mistakes People Make in an Interview
- TEDTalk "Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are"
- The Path to Interview Success Practice Quiz
- Mastering the Interview Quiz
- Writing Thank You Notes
- Overview of Writing Thank You Notes
- Learning Objectives
- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
- Thank You Dos and Don'ts
- You're Welcome!
- How to Compose an Interview Thank You Letter
- Thank You Note - Important Part of the Interview Proces
- The One Thing To Do After The Interview
- 1 Thing You MUST Do After Any Job Interview
- Practice What You Have Learned!
- Quiz - Writing Thank You Notes
- Evaluating Job Offers
- Overview of Evaluating Job Offers
- Evaluating Job Offers
- Learning Objectives
- How to Evaluate a Job Offer
- Your Industry & You
- Negotiating On Your Terms
- Eight Crucial Considerations
- Job Offer Practice Quiz
- Evaluating Job Offers
Summary of User Reviews
Read reviews for Career Planning course on Coursera. The course has received positive feedback from users. Many reviewers found the content informative and helpful in planning their career path. However, some users experienced technical issues and felt that the course was too short.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
Informative contentPros from User Reviews
- Helpful in planning career path
- Easy to follow
- Engaging content
- Good for beginners
- Useful for people looking for career change
Cons from User Reviews
- Technical issues with the course
- Course material could be more in-depth
- Too short in duration
- Not suitable for advanced learners
- Lack of interaction with instructors
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