How to Get Skilled: Introduction to Individual Skills Management (Project-Centered Course)
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How to Get Skilled: Introduction to Individual Skills Management (Project-Centered Course) at Coursera Overview
Duration | 9 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Advanced |
Official Website | Explore Free Course |
Credential | Certificate |
How to Get Skilled: Introduction to Individual Skills Management (Project-Centered Course) at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Intermediate Level
- Approx. 9 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
How to Get Skilled: Introduction to Individual Skills Management (Project-Centered Course) at Coursera Course details
- Do you want to gain a competitive edge on the job market?
- Would you like to improve the way that you organize, manage, and present your skills to succeed in a competency-based, competitive job selection?
- Have you prepared to compete for jobs in the age of AI-powered recruiting?
- This project-centered course* is designed for working professionals who want to direct their skill-building activities towards creating powerful, evidence-based, data-driven, and externally-verified job applications. When you complete the course, you?ll be able to objectively measure your level of skills acquisition against your desired job?s requirements and the likely competition. You?ll learn how to use experiential methods and tools, such as simulations, benchmarking, competency dashboards, and skills assessment to operationalize and quantify your skills. You will know how to realistically estimate your likely score in the competitive job selection; you will also find out how much of each skill you need to develop to stand out and beat the competition. In addition to improving your job applications, the course will teach you how to increase the effectiveness of your ongoing professional development by monitoring the level of skills acquisition.
- The course will provide you with tangible outcomes for immediate use. We?ll show you how to use a simple, powerful computer program to organize and manage your skills inventory. Your completed project will focus on your desired job and will include three components: 1) a Skillset Summary Checklist; 2) a Selection Criteria Statement; and 3) a Professional Development Plan. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to use the results of the project to strengthen your next job application (or promotion request). You?ll be able to use the same technique to direct your skill-building activities and continuously monitor their effectiveness.
- What is required:
- In the course, we?ll provide videos, readings, and learning activities. There is an optional course companion book available for purchase on Amazon.com. To download the course software, ?J.A.F.A.R, Skills Manager Pro (TM)?, you will need to access the course companion website at https://www.skillsmanager.pro. The software is a copyrighted Excel spreadsheet template; for course participants, it is provided free of charge (for personal, non-commercial use only). To use the software, you will need to have a basic level of proficiency and a licensed copy of MS Excel.
- *About Project-Centered Courses: Project-centered courses are designed to help you complete a personally meaningful real-world project, with your instructor and a community of like-minded supportive learners with similar goals providing guidance and suggestions along the way. By actively applying new concepts as you learn, you?ll master the course content more efficiently; you?ll also get a head start on using the skills you gain to make positive changes in your life and career. When you complete the course, you?ll have a finished project that you?ll be proud to use and share.
How to Get Skilled: Introduction to Individual Skills Management (Project-Centered Course) at Coursera Curriculum
What is Skills Management?
A Skill to Get Skilled
Why Skills Management?
Previewing the Course Outcomes
Learning from Business Strategy
Skills Management Framework
Companion website
Companion book
The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Individual Skills Management
Glossary of Terms
ISM KnowledgeBase Part 1
The Quantified Self
How to Operationalize Skills
What Is Your T.S.S. (Total Skillset Score)?
Meet J.A.F.A.R., The Skills Manager Pro
Notes, References, and Further Reading
ISM KnowledgeBase Part 2
Skills Management in Action: Part One
Scenario 1: Job Excellence
Tangible Outcome: Skillset Summary Checklist
Scenario 2: Job Enhancement
Tangible Outcome: Selection Criteria Statement
Notes, References, and Further Reading
ISM KnowledgeBase Part 3
Skills Management in Action: Part Two
Scenario 3: Job Diversification
Tangible Outcome: How J.A.F.A.R. Can Make You S.M.A.R.T.E.R.
Notes, References, and Further Reading
Using Radar (?Spider?) Graphs for Competency Analysis
ISM KnowledgeBase Part 4
BUILD AND TEST DRIVE YOUR OWN SKILLS MANAGEMENT TOOL
Finish The Course and Start Managing Your Skills Today!
What (We Think) You Have Learned in This Course
What's Next?
Course Participant Feedback Form
Self-Assessment
ISM KnowledgeBase Final Quiz