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Planning your next career step with short courses

A short course can open a new role, but only if it matches what employers ask for. Start from the job, not the course.

Careers

Hind Al Suwaidi

Career coach

6 min read

Start from the job you want

Collect five job adverts for the role you are aiming at and highlight the skills and certificates they mention more than once.

Choose a course you can finish

Be honest about your week. An evening classroom course suits some people, while a self-paced course with short lessons suits others.

Compare two or three options side by side: schedule, language, total hours and what the certificate says.

Keep your certificates in one place

Employers increasingly check certificates online. A certificate with a verification code saves you sending scans back and forth.

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