CORE SKILLS FOR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS CERTIFICATE
Designed for professionals in frontline roles, this 16-week experience will prepare you to both excel in your current position, while gaining a set of fundamental skills needed for any role and career.
Through hands-on case studies, role plays and activities, you will have the opportunity to practice key skills in communication, conflict management, time management and problem solving. You’ll also dive into best practices for managing projects, and approaching workplace challenges with a data-driven mindset. Finally, you will learn fundamental skills in effective written communication to efficiently and confidently draft messages, emails, and written reports for a variety of audiences.
Why Core Skills for Professional Success?
Effective communication and problem solving skills are critical to the success of every organization
Growing essential skills like time management and communication helps you stand out and showcases your desire to grow and succeed
Companies across all industries seek these key durable skills for members of their workforce
3 Courses | Hands-On Learning and Career Exploration
Course 1:
Career Advancement Essentials
Course 2:
Fundamental Skills in Project Management & Data Analysis
Course 3:
Written Communication Fundamentals
Course 1: Career Advancement Essentials
This course will introduce you to fundamental business skills through frameworks, real world case studies, and hands-on activities. You will learn practical, applied strategies for growing a professional mindset, communicating effectively in the workplace, navigating conflict, prioritizing responsibilities and managing their time, and solving workplace problems.
Learning Outcomes:
- Practice mindset-changing techniques related to professional growth and career development.
- Analyze and apply various professional communication techniques to a variety of workplace settings.
- Apply a series of techniques and processes to solve problems and think critically in a workplace setting.
Course 2: Fundamental Skills in Project Management & Data Analysis
In this course, you will be introduced to fundamentals topics in project management and data analysis. You will learn what a project is and what a project manager is responsible for before diving into best practices around the identification and management of stakeholders, project communications, and the management of project scope, schedule, and budget. You will also be introduced to foundational topics within data analysis, including frameworks for understanding a business problem and best practices for analyzing data and sharing insights.
Learning Outcomes:
- Define stakeholders and recognize the importance of stakeholder satisfaction for project success
- Recognize ways of increasing project resilience as a way to protect against risks
- Describe framing a business problem as a process to understand the business, stakeholders, and data before starting data analysis
Course 3: Written Communication Fundamentals
In this course, you will explore foundational topics in written communication skills. You will learn the importance of well-written business communication, as well as techniques and best practices for writing structured, tailored, concise, and professional emails and messages.
Learning Outcomes:
- Tailor professional messages for different audiences
- Apply best practices and techniques for effective written communication
3 Courses | Hands-On Learning and Career Exploration
Course 1:
Career Advancement Essentials
This course will introduce you to fundamental business skills through frameworks, real world case studies, and hands-on activities. You will learn practical, applied strategies for growing a professional mindset, communicating effectively in the workplace, navigating conflict, prioritizing responsibilities and managing their time, and solving workplace problems.
Learning Outcomes:
- Practice mindset-changing techniques related to professional growth and career development.
- Analyze and apply various professional communication techniques to a variety of workplace settings.
- Apply a series of techniques and processes to solve problems and think critically in a workplace setting.
Course 2:
Fundamental Skills in Project Management & Data Analysis
In this course, you will be introduced to fundamentals topics in project management and data analysis. You will learn what a project is and what a project manager is responsible for before diving into best practices around the identification and management of stakeholders, project communications, and the management of project scope, schedule, and budget. You will also be introduced to foundational topics within data analysis, including frameworks for understanding a business problem and best practices for analyzing data and sharing insights.
Learning Outcomes:
- Define stakeholders and recognize the importance of stakeholder satisfaction for project success
- Recognize ways of increasing project resilience as a way to protect against risks
- Describe framing a business problem as a process to understand the business, stakeholders, and data before starting data analysis
Course 3:
Written Communication Fundamentals
In this course, you will explore foundational topics in written communication skills. You will learn the importance of well-written business communication, as well as techniques and best practices for writing structured, tailored, concise, and professional emails and messages.
Learning Outcomes:
- Tailor professional messages for different audiences
- Apply best practices and techniques for effective written communication
After completing this program, you’ll be ready to:
- Analyze and apply various professional communication techniques to a variety of workplace settings, including to the manager / employee relationship
- Apply a series of techniques and processes to solving problems and thinking critically in a workplace setting.
- Apply fundamental techniques for effectively managing projects in a workplace setting
- Apply basic techniques for data analysis and cultivating a data driven mindset to various workplace scenarios
- No required times to log in. Complete lessons at times during the week that work for you. Keep up with deadlines to stay on track and complete in 4 months.
- Complete real business projects in an online platform and get individualized support and feedback from instructors.
- Practice using software directly in the learning platform. No separate downloads.
FAQs
What is the schedule?
There are three required courses which will be open for a total of 16 weeks. You should expect to spend 5 hours per week completing your coursework. The program is flexibly-paced, meaning you can move as quickly or slowly as you’d like through each course, as long as you complete all sections and projects during the 16-week course period. We provide a suggested course schedule to help pace yourself through each course. Students who follow this schedule are more likely to earn the certificate and get more out of the course by spreading out their workload, and our instructors provide weekly nudges to keep you on track. As long as you submit all projects by the course end date, you can progress through the course at whatever pace works best for you! For example, you might do all your work over the weekend or space it out throughout the week.
Can I work full-time while enrolled in this program?
What prerequisites do I need?
What is Pathstream?
Pathstream is a provider of digital skills training based in Silicon Valley. We partner with leading tech companies and universities like Emory Continuing Education to develop programs that prepare people for in-demand jobs.