Whilst there has been much focus on return-to-office for big businesses post-pandemic, we know that small business owners need more support to help adapt to the permanent changes brought about by the pandemic. Despite business owners stating that digital skills and tools are now more important than pre-pandemic, many find that it’s harder now to recruit staff with certain digital skills.
The Google Career Certificate, hosted by Coursera, allows you and your employees to develop in-demand skills in today’s job market from scratch.
These certificates are developed by Google and will help you to harness skills in areas including IT Support, UX Design, Project Management and Data Analytics. Each certificate can be completed within six months and under ten hours of study per week. You can study at your own pace. It’s also 100% online, so learning can fit around your schedule.
What’s included in the Google Career Certificate?
IT Support
- Understand core concepts to IT Support jobs (e.g., troubleshooting, customer service, networking, system administration, operating systems, and security).
- Know how to assemble a computer, write effective support documentation, route paths and subnets, manage device software, and more.
- Dive into working with Linux, Cloud Computing and Command-Line Interfaces.
UX Design
- Have a portfolio including 3+ projects.
- Dive into working in Figma and Adobe XD
- Know core concepts key to all UX design jobs (e.g., usability studies, design sprints, accessibility).
- Grasp the basics of UX research and how it informs design.
Data Analytics
- Have working knowledge of essential data analysis platforms (Excel, SQL, Tableau, R) and when to use them in the data lifecycle.
- Understand how to translate a business question into a data analysis exercise, incl. transforming, visualizing, and modelling data.
- Know how to distil findings into actionable takeaways.
- Have a capstone project completed.
Project Management
- Know how to manage and run agile and traditional projects and programs from initiation to completion.
- Possess a toolbox of templates and artifacts to manage an array of scenarios and essential elements (e.g., schedules, budgets, product requirements, etc.).
- Understand organisational structure, business process and acumen, and communication and leadership styles.
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