The 78 best online courses that can give your resume a major boost
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- LinkedIn created a list of the five most in-demand hard skills in the 2021 job market.
- The skills include software development, project management, data analysis, and more.
- Below are online classes from LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, Coursera, edX, and Codecademy to learn them.
It can be difficult to discern which skills companies are prioritizing, and what can make your resume stand out to recruiters. That's why LinkedIn uses its vault of business data to publish a job market roadmap every year.
This year, the company used LinkedIn Learning data to determine which courses correlated with promotions in 2020. Using that information, LinkedIn published some of the top hard skills employers are looking for in 2021.
Below, we listed out the skills recruiters are looking for — as well as some online courses you can take to learn them. E-learning platforms like LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, Coursera, edX, and Codecademy all offer free or affordable options to flexibly gain new expertise and even get a certificate of completion to add to your profile or resume.
Whether you want to learn to code in Python or Java, explore the possibility of a project management career, or transition into data science, there are plenty of certificates, mini-degrees, and online master's programs that can help you advance your career.