Give Yourself A Career Makeover

Ready to take your skills to the next level or kick-start a new career path? Here are 10 top courses – free and paid – that will help you upskill for a job upgrade.

- Kate Ferreira

Whether it’s through a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) or a paid, in-class certificate, nothing reinvigorates a decelerating career like a shiny new qualification. Studying towards making a shift in your career, or to advance your existing skill set, is a great way to gear up for the next step, signal to your boss that you’re ready for more, or boost your CV for a job swap.

1. Grow into management

Whether you’re already managing people, or would like to in the future, you can deepen your understanding of getting the best out of your team, inspiring them to new heights, and the ins and outs of solid decision-making and evaluations with the free Management and Leadership: Growing as a Manager course, via the Open University (futurelearn.com). Endorsed by the Chartered Management Institute, the four-week course runs in June and October, and will take about three hours a week to complete.

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