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Hi,
Just came across the American Dream program via an email from Coursera and thought I would share. Looks like a free six month program to access free cert training like the Google IT certs along with IBM and Salesforce certs. It aims to provide six month access to gain job ready skills. Some of these maybe turned into credit I believe like the Google IT cert. It's worth a check out for some on this forum.
https://www.coursera.org/collections/enr...am-academy
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Sweet! The most valuable one for me on that list is the Cybersecurity one from IBM. It is not included in my Coursera Plus subscription.
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(03-12-2022, 11:33 AM)cardiacclep Wrote: Hi,
Just came across the American Dream program via an email from Coursera and thought I would share. Looks like a free six month program to access free cert training like the Google IT certs along with IBM and Salesforce certs. It aims to provide six month access to gain job ready skills. Some of these maybe turned into credit I believe like the Google IT cert. It's worth a check out for some on this forum.
https://www.coursera.org/collections/enr...am-academy
Yep! I figure at minimum it's a work around for paying a Coursera subscription. A quick glance at the website doesn't place any restrictions on access.
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This is awesome for those starting in the industry! I have access to these already but for those needing access, this is a very good option to get started...
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I have a question about Coursera certificates. Do they count? I mean what employers say about them?
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These certs and trainings look really interesting. Thanks for posting them!
How do you think these should be listed on one's resume? Certs from Google, IBM, etc.? From Coursera? From The American Dream Academy?
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(03-12-2022, 11:52 AM)Vle045 Wrote: Sweet! The most valuable one for me on that list is the Cybersecurity one from IBM. It is not included in my Coursera Plus subscription.
I agree! It also offers 10 total ACE credits: 8 lower level credits and 2 upper level credits.
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I am wondering… if you only complete part of one of these certifications, would it be worth partial credit? Like, if you finish half of one that would be worth 12 credits, could you get 6 credits? Or is it all or nothing?
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(03-14-2022, 08:40 AM)Vle045 Wrote: I am wondering… if you only complete part of one of these certifications, would it be worth partial credit? Like, if you finish half of one that would be worth 12 credits, could you get 6 credits? Or is it all or nothing?
The ACE recommendations are for the entire certificate - so you have to complete all of it for credit.
