Professional Certificates
Get job-ready for an in-demand career
Executive Summary
Professional Certificates on Coursera are training programs led by companies such as Google, IBM, Meta, Salesforce, Microsoft and CVS. Coursera says they help learners get job-ready for an in-demand career field in less than a year: learners earn a career credential, apply their knowledge to hands-on projects that showcase their skills for employers, and get access to job search resources. Many programs also provide a pathway to an industry-recognized certification.
Use Cases
- Launching a career
- Advancing a career
- Preparing for an industry certification
- Earning business, data science, and computer science or IT certificates
- Building real-world project work to share in interviews
Features
Support
- Flexible Online Learning: Learn at your own pace, whenever and wherever it’s most convenient for you
- Hands-On Projects: Apply your new skills with real-world projects that you can share in interviews to demonstrate your job-readiness to potential employers.
- Create work samples: Apply your new skills with real-world projects that you can share in interviews to demonstrate your job-readiness to potential employers.
Technical Specifications
- Deployment
- SaaS
Integrations
- LMS solutions
- LXP solutions
- Intranets
- Human Capital Management (HCM) systems
Security & Compliance
Certifications: ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 Type 2
Encryption: Data is encrypted at rest and in transit
Pricing
- Model
- Per user/month
- Target Customer
- Individuals,SMB,Mid-Market,Enterprise,Government,Campus
About Coursera, Inc.
Coursera, Inc. is an online learning platform that partners with universities and industry leaders to offer courses, Professional Certificates, and degree programs. Coursera for Business provides enterprise learning subscriptions and analytics to help organizations upskill and reskill employees in areas like technology, data, and leadership.
Verified sources
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- Executive Summary: coursera.org
- Features · Support: coursera.org
- Input · Highlight: coursera.org
- Input · Primary: coursera.org
- Input · Secondary: coursera.org
- Output · Recommendations: coursera.org
- Output · Reports: coursera.org
- Process · Ai Engine: coursera.org
- Security · Certifications: coursera.org
- Security · Encryption: coursera.org
- Tagline: coursera.org
- Technical · Deployment: coursera.org
- Links · About page: about.coursera.org
- Links · Leadership page: coursera.org
- Links · Security: coursera.org
- Links · Status page: status.coursera.org
- Use Cases: coursera.org
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