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Career growth
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Discover in-demand skills you need to pursue the career growth you want.

Kick-start your career growth

Career growth may start with offering something new to your employer. Gaining new in-demand skills and industry certifications could serve as building blocks for helping you pursue your career goals. Each Professional Development Skills Pathway offers several job-ready skills that can help you stand out among your colleagues and prepare you to tackle new obstacles or create new opportunities.

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    Grow
    my career

    New skills could enable you to reimagine your current profession.
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    Pursue
    career goals

    Self-led Skills Pathways can help you get closer to the career you want.
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    Compete
    and standout

    New industry certifications can help you stand out.
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    Create
    opportunities

    Get more out of your career with a robust and up-to-date skill set.
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Start. Learn. Standout.

Gain access to job-ready skills in digital marketing, IT, HR and more. Explore our Skills Center of meticulously designed Skills Pathways created with experienced professionals.

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Ronald C.

"Professional development courses equipped me to move confidently in my professional interests. Courses are laid out very well and filled in my knowledge gaps. Now I feel comfortable that I can hold my ground and provide value to those around me."

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Kendra B.

"I found this course to be very useful with my teaching, and I have a clearer perspective on virtual teaching."

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Dr. Syeda Shamsi-Mohammed

"This course gave many tools, ideas & perspective to approach each situation and problem that one could have in preparing themselves for the virtual environment. It is comforting to have a way of learning in a familiar environment."

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Help elevate your value

Our Professional Development Skills Pathways can help you prepare to take industry certification exams that may help you pursue additional opportunities in your organization.

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How we make career growth different

Our Skills Pathways are designed by experienced professionals to help you gain in-demand, job-ready skills today’s employers want. Discover affordable and self-led non-college-credit Skills Pathways that move as fast as you do.

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