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StanfordOnline: Designing Your Career

Welcome to the Designing Your Career module. Whether you’re exploring what you might want to do next or you’ve already identified a role or organization that you would like to be a part of, this short module is structured to help you take practical steps toward designing your career.

It uses a design thinking approach to help people of any age and academic background develop a constructive and effective approach to designing their vocation. This course is primarily comprised of 5 career-oriented vocational wayfinding concepts, illustrated through videos and expanded through personal reflections and exercises.

Designing Your Career
5 weeks
2–5 hours per week
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
Free
Access to course at no cost

There is one session available:

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Starts Nov 21

About this course

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This course is self-paced and non-linear. Feel free to explore the different sections at your own speed, and know that it's okay to jump around.

At a glance

  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated skills:Design Thinking

What you'll learn

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  • How to break into a new field of interest
  • New ways to understand and approach networking
  • A new angle on pursuing professional opportunities
  • Ideas on how to develop genuine professional connections

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