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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.8

17,001 reviews

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

There are 5 modules in this 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.

In this unit you will learn about the steps in the job search process.

What's included

15 videos12 readings14 assignments1 peer review

15 videos•Total 51 minutes
  • Course Overview: Introduction to the Career Development Process•3 minutes
  • Course Overview: Topics, Assessments, Games & Activities•4 minutes
  • Job Search Overview•5 minutes
  • Identifying Your Interests and Skills•5 minutes
  • Language Focus: Vocabulary and Word Forms Related to Jobs•6 minutes
  • Choosing the Job that's the Best Fit for You•4 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 1•0 minutes
  • Language Focus: Verb Tenses (Present vs. Present Progressive)•6 minutes
  • Understanding Job Descriptions: Reading a Job Advertisement•6 minutes
  • Language Focus: Phrases to Compare Similarities•5 minutes
  • Language Focus: Phrases to Contrast Differences•5 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 2•0 minutes
  • Model Response Comparing/Contrasting the Job Search Process•1 minute
  • Unlockable Achievement 3•0 minutes
  • Online Learning Opportunities to Extend Your Skills•1 minute
12 readings•Total 120 minutes
  • Overview of the Unit•10 minutes
  • BASIC: What You Offer the World•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: What You Offer the World•10 minutes
  • Game 1: Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Set SMART goals to get ahead in your career•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Set SMART goals to get ahead in your career•10 minutes
  • Facebook Launches Job Search Feature for Low-Skilled Workers•10 minutes
  • Listening: Using the Internet and Social Media to Search for a Job•10 minutes
  • Written Assignment Instructions•10 minutes
  • Culture Affects Career and Life Planning•10 minutes
  • Listening: Is there a 'Skills Gap' in the US Job Market?•10 minutes
  • Business schools bridge classrooms and real-life work•10 minutes
14 assignments•Total 390 minutes
  • Game 2: Things, Actions and People•30 minutes
  • Value Affirmation Activity•30 minutes
  • Game 3: Simple Present or Present Progressive•30 minutes
  • Game 4: Key Words in a Job Advertisement•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Culture Affects Career and Life Planning"•30 minutes
  • Game: Vocabulary and Word Form Review•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Is there a 'Skills Gap' in US Job Market?"•30 minutes
  • Check your Understanding: "Business schools bridge classrooms and real-life work"•30 minutes
  • Game: Compare and Contrast Phrase Matching•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "What You Offer the World"•30 minutes
  • Unit 1, Assessment 1: Self-Assessment of Job Skills and Experience•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Set SMART goals to get ahead in your career"•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Facebook Launches Job Search Feature for Low-Skilled Workers"•0 minutes
  • Check your Understanding: "Using the Internet and Social Media to Search for a Job"•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Unit 1 Assessment 2: Written Comparison of the Job Search Process•60 minutes

In this unit, you will learn how to describe yourself and your experiences in a résumé. The unit will also help you build your job-related vocabulary.

What's included

12 videos12 readings14 assignments1 peer review

12 videos•Total 50 minutes
  • What is a resume? Why do you need one?•5 minutes
  • Parts of a Resume•5 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 4•0 minutes
  • Writing a Resume, Part 1: Name and Contact Information•5 minutes
  • Listening: Connecting Employers with Job Seekers in Today's Economy•4 minutes
  • Language Focus: Key Words•4 minutes
  • Writing a Resume, Part 2: Headline and Summary•5 minutes
  • Writing a Resume, Part 3: Work Experience•5 minutes
  • Writing a Resume, Part 4: Education•6 minutes
  • Language Focus: Action Verbs•4 minutes
  • Writing a Resume, Part 5: Complete your Resume•7 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 5•0 minutes
12 readings•Total 120 minutes
  • Overview of the Unit•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Resume Guide: The Basic Elements•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Resume Guide: The Basic Elements•10 minutes
  • Sample Resume: Tomoko Martin•10 minutes
  • Sample Resume: Beth Smith•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Using Keywords Effectively•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Using Keywords Effectively•10 minutes
  • Game 4: Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards•10 minutes
  • Haven’t had a lot of (or any) work experience?•10 minutes
  • Sample Resume for "Haven’t had a lot of (or any) work experience?"•10 minutes
  • More Action Verbs Practice•10 minutes
  • Functional or Chronological Resume? Which is for You?•10 minutes
14 assignments•Total 390 minutes
  • Game 1: Reasons for Writing a Resume•30 minutes
  • Game 2: Match the Parts of a Resume•30 minutes
  • Game 3: Matching Key Words in a Job Advertisement•30 minutes
  • Game 5: Listing Experience in (Reverse) Time Order•30 minutes
  • Game 6: Using Action Verbs•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Haven’t had a lot of (or any) work experience?"•0 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "More Action Verbs Practice"•30 minutes
  • Game: Action Verb Crossword Puzzle•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Functional or Chronological Resume•30 minutes
  • Game: Labeling Resumes: Functional or Chronological•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Resume Guide: The Basic Elements"•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Connecting Employers with Job Seekers in Today's Economy"•30 minutes
  • Check your Understanding: "Using Keywords Effectively"•30 minutes
  • Unit 2: Assessment 1: Resume Template Quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Unit 2 Assessment 2: Peer Review of Resume•60 minutes

This unit focuses on another important document for job-seekers: the cover letter. You will learn how to write a clear cover letter that tells employers why you are the right person for the job.

What's included

11 videos9 readings11 assignments1 peer review

11 videos•Total 47 minutes
  • What is a Cover Letter?•5 minutes
  • Professional Writing: Letter Format•7 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 6•0 minutes
  • Cover Letter Paragraph 1- Introducing Yourself•5 minutes
  • Cover Letter Paragraph 2- Highlighting Your Skills in the Cover letter•5 minutes
  • Cover Letter Paragraph 3- Closing•5 minutes
  • Language Focus – Present Perfect vs. Past Tense•7 minutes
  • Professional Writing: Level of Formality•5 minutes
  • Language Focus- Using Modal Verbs to Write Politely•6 minutes
  • Writing a Cover Letter for a Specific Job•3 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 7•0 minutes
9 readings•Total 90 minutes
  • Overview of the Unit•10 minutes
  • Sample Cover Letters•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Parts of the Cover Letter•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Parts of the Cover Letter•10 minutes
  • Game 3: Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Why an Old-Fashioned Cover Letter Still Matters•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Why an Old-Fashioned Cover Letter Still Matters•10 minutes
  • 8 Common Cover Letter Mistakes to Avoid•10 minutes
  • Death of the Cover Letter•10 minutes
11 assignments•Total 330 minutes
  • Game 1: Match the Job Description with Skills•30 minutes
  • Game 2: Grammar Review•30 minutes
  • Game 4: Direct or Polite Language•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: “8 Common Cover Letter Mistakes to Avoid”•30 minutes
  • Game: Verb Tense Review•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Death of the Cover Letter"•30 minutes
  • Key Parts of a Formal Letter•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Sample Cover Letters"•30 minutes
  • Unit 3 Assessment 1: Quiz on Letter Format•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Parts of the Cover Letter"•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Why an Old-Fashioned Cover Letter Still Matters"•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Unit 3 Assessment 2: Cover Letter•60 minutes

This unit will teach job-seekers language for meeting new people, making small talk, and describing

What's included

8 videos9 readings6 assignments1 peer review

8 videos•Total 24 minutes
  • What is Networking?•5 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 8•0 minutes
  • Making Small Talk•6 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 9•0 minutes
  • Networking Elevator speech- What to Say When Networking•5 minutes
  • Language Focus: Networking Elevator Speech- Delivery•6 minutes
  • Sample Spoken Networking Elevator Speech•2 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 10•0 minutes
9 readings•Total 90 minutes
  • Overview of the Unit•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Networking During the Job Search•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Networking During the Job Search•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Networking doesn’t happen overnight•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Networking doesn't happen overnight•10 minutes
  • Game 2: Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards•10 minutes
  • Preparing a Networking Elevator Speech•10 minutes
  • Written Assignment Instructions•10 minutes
  • What's Your Passion? Internships Can Help Focus Career Path•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 150 minutes
  • Game 1: Choose the Conversation with Appropriate Topics•30 minutes
  • Game 3: Sample Networking Elevator Speeches•30 minutes
  • Game: Networking Vocabulary Matching•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "What's Your Passion? Internships Can Help Focus Career Path"•0 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Networking During the Job Search"•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Networking doesn't happen overnight"•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Unit 4 Assessment 1: Written Networking Elevator Speech•60 minutes

This unit is about the question-and-answer process of job interviews, and will help prepare learners to present themselves well in interviews.

What's included

10 videos8 readings7 assignments

10 videos•Total 31 minutes
  • Overview of the Job Interview•6 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 11•0 minutes
  • Answering Typical Interview Questions•5 minutes
  • Language Focus– Asking for Clarification in an Interview•5 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 12•0 minutes
  • Sample Interview Do’s and Don’ts Part 1•4 minutes
  • Sample Interview Do’s and Don’ts Part 2•7 minutes
  • Sample Video Responding to an Interview Question•2 minutes
  • Unlockable Achievement 13•0 minutes
  • Course Conclusion•2 minutes
8 readings•Total 80 minutes
  • Overview of the Unit•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Interview Tips•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Interview Tips•10 minutes
  • Game 2: Unit 5 Vocabulary Flashcards•10 minutes
  • Five Illegal Job Interview Questions in the US•10 minutes
  • Written Assignment Instructions•10 minutes
  • BASIC: Seven Ways to Advance Your Career With Social Media•10 minutes
  • ADVANCED: Seven Ways to Advance Your Career With Social Media•10 minutes
7 assignments•Total 210 minutes
  • Game 1: Interview Jeopardy•30 minutes
  • Game 3: Matching Answers to Questions•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: "Seven Ways to Advance Your Career With Social Media"•30 minutes
  • Game: Grammar Review (Questions)•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Interview Tips•30 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Five Illegal Job Interview Questions in the US•30 minutes
  • Unit 5 Assessment 1: Written Answer to Interview Question•30 minutes

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I did not know before that finding applying and interviewing is like a science thing that I have to study and educate myself for, I found that the course is very good and standardise the whole idea

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Reviewed on May 31, 2021

It was a very amazing course. It help me how to write a resume and a cover letter effectively. It also helped me in how to start a conversation with the other employee. At last thank you very much.

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Reviewed on May 14, 2021

I enjoyed the course. It was interesting, informative, challenging, interactive, and fun at the same time. It improved my knowledge and skills of the subject.

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