Career Strategist, Certificate of Completion draft

Program Overview

The Career Strategist Mini Certificate equips professionals with the skills to identify their strengths, interests, and career goals. Through courses in personalized career planning, strategic job search, and LinkedIn optimization, students develop strategies for seeking, obtaining, and maintaining employment. This program empowers individuals to make informed career decisions and enhance their job search success.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Description:

The Career Strategist Mini Certificate trains professionals to develop the skills needed to gain an accurate understanding of their strengths, interests, abilities, and work values. Students also develop the skills to combine personal characteristics with career information to improve their skills at seeking, obtaining, maintaining, and changing jobs. Each related course is designed and taught by a career counselor to improve the career development competencies required for strategic career decision making.

Objectives:

• Students learn to:
• Define and clarify personal values, interests, personality preferences, and skills.
• Formulate career, training, and education options that align with individual self-characteristics.
• Develop and maintain a professional online presence to further job search and networking success.
• Adopt a strategy to approach occupational research that will enhance job search efficiency and effectiveness.
• Write a professional resume and cover letter.
• Analyze the essential components of the job interview process and create a strategic plan for specific interviews.

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Course List:

• PDW NC001: Personalized Career Planning (0 units)
• PDW NC002: Strategic Job Search (0 units)