Successful Career Development

Kennesaw State University via Coursera

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Free Online Course (Audit)
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English
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Paid Certificate Available
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19 hours 49 minutes
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On-Demand
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Beginner
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Career Discovery

Overview

No matter the professional level, we can all benefit from learning how to succeed in our careers. Whether a well-seasoned professional, a management trainee, or a service level employee, this course will help you enrich your career by honing your professional behavior and networking. Through industry expert support and resources, this course is designed to prepare you for success in any chosen career. You will develop the habits and attitudes you need to perform effectively in the job market. You will identify a mentor to add value to your career. You will analyze your relationships and develop a practical approach for engaging your LinkedIn network. You will differentiate between networking and networking with intention. You will also discover the most effective ways to ask for help from your peer or professional group. Finally, you will evaluate the best methods of adjusting your career path at various stages of life.

Syllabus

Career Habitudes

Welcome! Congratulations on your commitment to enhance your career! This course is designed for professionals in various stages of career development and success. So no matter if you are a young professional just starting out, a mid-career manager, a pre-launch executive, or a seasoned professional seeking to re-purpose a career and launch Career 2.0, this course will interest you. Our team of faculty will introduce you to the concept of Career Habitudes, guide you through finding a mentor for whatever stage you are at, NetWeaving your way through networking, and building authentic relationships. As a team of professors and higher education leaders, we are passionate about helping you make the most and best of your career. We look forward to helping you on your journey! In this module, we will introduce the key concepts and principles for developing career-enhancing "habitudes" as introduced by Dr. Tim Elmore, author of the Habitudes series of books. Research indicates that having the "wrong" attitude is the most common reason why young professionals lose their jobs. This module will provide valuable advice on how to develop the kind of habits and attitudes you need to succeed at any career stage.

Finding a Mentor

Establishing a relationship with a mentor can be one of the most beneficial and rewarding professional relationships. Regardless of level of career, a mentor will add value when paired correctly. This module will assist you with clarifying the expectations of a mentored relationship, identifying the areas that you feel will add value based on your personal needs, and introduce the difference between a mentor and a sponsor. Mentors can serve different purposes.

NetWeaving: Networking with Intention

In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of "NetWeaving" as introduced by author and networking expert Bob Littell. One of the most important career skills turns out to be a person's ability to create and maintain trusted relationships, both internally within the organization, as well as externally within the business community. NetWeaving promotes three skill sets, and several action steps, that can contribute to building and maintaining trusted relationships. The three skill sets are categorized as connector, law of reciprocity, and network.

Practical LinkedIn

In this module, you will be introduced to the best practices for enhancing your career (and your job search) via LinkedIn. Without a doubt, the best tool for connecting business people is LinkedIn. As of August 2015, LinkedIn has more than 313 million members in over 220 countries, and is adding new ones at the rate of two new members per second. This module offers practical LinkedIn advice and instructions on how to best leverage your skills and abilities online.

Building Authentic Relationships

In this module, you will be introduced to key principles and best practices in the art of building and maintaining authentic business relationships which is critical at any stage of your career. The module will cover the topics of building trust, asking great questions, and inspiring others. Every action we take with regard to relationships in the business world is intentional. We will describe best practices in building relationships including being authentic, getting personal, being transparent, freely sharing ideas. keeping promises, and having a "pay it forward" attitude.

Asking for Help

Professionals often balance the need to solve problems on their own versus asking for help, thus exposing their lack of knowledge and/or experience. This module will assist you in making that determination, understanding their culture of their professional environment, while scanning the environment for style and preference.

Adjusting the Career Plan

In this module, you will be introduced to best practices in how to continuously review their career plans and make adjustments as necessary. This module will illustrate how the career ladder has turned into a rock wall that requires you to be more nimble and adaptable. More often than not, reaching the career of your dreams in not a direct path. You may need to climb sideways or move down the rock wall for a while before you can progress upward again.

Taught by

Dan Stotz, Elke M Leeds, Ph.D., Ana T. Baida, Ed.D. and Wes Rhea, J.D.

Reviews

4.7 rating, based on 9 Class Central reviews

4.7 rating at Coursera based on 1452 ratings

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Ronny De Winter @RonnyDeWinter

From time to time you have to stand still at your career development. If you don’t, nobody else will. After all, you are the CEO of your own career. If you feel that time is now then this course will be helpful for you, whatever the career phase yo…

From time to time you have to stand still at your career development. If you don’t, nobody else will. After all, you are the CEO of your own career.

If you feel that time is now then this course will be helpful for you, whatever the career phase you are in. I am in my 50s, worked the last 15 years as an independent IT consultant, and I regularly review my career path, typically when changing project, about once per year. But also if you are at the start of your career this is a useful course to take.

The course provides interviews with career coaches, papers, and youtube videos (TEDx for example). You are encouraged to apply the lessons in your own career.

After the introduction explaining the key to performance and habits and attitudes of leadership, every week topics are covered that are important for successful career development: mentoring, networking, LinkedIn, building relationships, asking for help, and planning your career.

The quizzes are rather simple and short, they do not add much to the learning experience. You better define some personal action point for each of the chapters, plan them in your schedule, execute them, and reflect on the results and further actions.

Keep on learning and growing!
Nivrutti

I want to development my career for professional development in my office so that I don't have to feel awkward when my friends are speaking English so fluently and I feeling little depressed.
So I want to to be successful career development in my life.
Nguyen Ha Minh

Pros: Interesting and useful advices. Lots of reading and videos by prominant speakers.
Cons: Few advices are substantiated by research.
Nakul Verma

This online course are very important part of life and easy use to the body language and communication skills some people are used in Daly life
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ROHIT MOON

it was a really good experience to do this course & I am very lucky to know about this course i would like to say this is best course ever
Anonymous

This one is the must-have course on Coursera! I highly recommend it to everyone who wants to succeed in their life. Thank you, amazing creators of such an important topic! I am very grateful to get this information!
Anonymous

Must have. Especially for young professionals. Easy to understand, encouraging with not very difficult tests, I highly recommend this course to everyone! Thank you, dear professors.
Chhotu Mahali

This doesn’t mean you have to lie about your career goals to make them fit. Find a way to relate them to the scholarship committee or other elements of the scholarship.