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University of Leeds - Essential Skills for Your Career Development 

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Essential Skills for Your Career Development
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Overview

Take charge of your career development and identify the skills you need to plan and achieve your career goals

Duration

2 weeks

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Essential Skills for Your Career Development
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Essential Skills for Your Career Development
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Essential Skills for Your Career Development
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FutureLearn 
Course details

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for people who have digital skills but would like to build confidence in using digital technology in the workplace

This may include those studying for A-levels, those who have a degree, or those who want to improve their career prospects

The course will also be useful for anyone in employment who wants to boost their digital skills or anyone returning to the workplace who’d like to gain confidence in how working practices have evolved

What are the course deliverables?
Identify different approaches to growing your career
 
Explore a roadmap, vision board for your career path
 
Explain your career vision clearly
 
Identify key individuals, organisations and platforms for your network
 
Develop communications to engage key leads
 
Evaluate the impact of your strategy and iterate accordingly
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More about this course
  • On this course, you'll get the tools to take your career to the next level.
  • Using planning tools, you'll establish goals for your career and how to achieve them.
  • You'll learn how to navigate the process of applying for jobs and interviews, and consider the importance of transferable skills and creating the right professional networks.
  • You'll also hear from like-minded individuals who propelled their careers forward using similar career development plans.

Essential Skills for Your Career Development
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Careers in the modern professional landscape

 

How to use vision boards to identify your own career roadmap

 

Exploring goal setting and understanding value propositions

 

Goal setting

 

Building a professional network

 

Building relationships

 

Dealing with change and always being ready to learn

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Essential Skills for Your Career Development
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Faculty details

Jennifer Rosen
Hi! I'm a Lead Educator for a few of the Future Learn courses. I'm a communications specialist and filmmaker. I'm also a certified integrative health coach and yoga teacher

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