Start the New Semester with New Skills! Check out Free Courses on LinkedIn Learning
Welcome to the Fall 2024 semester! Want to polish up your skills or even learn some new ones. LinkedIn Learning has courses that can help you gain a new skill, sharpen up those soft skills, or help you prepare for the Fall term. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! The start of the semester is also a great time to brush up on organizational and network skills - an added bonus to help you excel this academic year.
LinkedIn Learning courses are FREE for UIC students! To access:
1.) Log in to your LinkedIn Learning account
2.) Create your Learning Collection
3.) Add courses you want to focus on and start learning!
Here are some suggested LinkedIn Learning courses to get started:
Mastering Networking Course Heading link
For most people, networking doesn’t come naturally, but that doesn’t mean you need to stress about it. As you keep a few key elements in mind and master a few useful tricks, you can learn to build strong relationships and move through a networking event with grace and confidence.
In this course, Dana Robinson—an entrepreneur who has founded two networking groups—shares tips about how to remember names and create conversations that are easy, fun, and engaging. Learn how to take notes, make connections, and follow up after an event. Find out how to get others talking and how to share generously, so that people remember you and what you’re all about. This course is a great way to quickly prepare yourself for an upcoming event.
Check out the course here: Pep Talk Before You Attend a Networking Event
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Creativity Courses Heading link
While we often think of creativity as an inherent trait, anyone—whether they’re an artist or an actuary—can learn how to be more creative. In this course, explore the different ways to learn creativity, and discover how to be more creative both on an individual basis and in a team setting. Instructor Drew Boyd shares the importance and power of creativity, goes over the barriers to creativity, and shows you some behaviors and techniques that can help you generate novel ideas or solutions to problems, as an individual. He covers ways to create a creativity dream team, facilitate effective group sessions for a better creative output, select the best ideas, and more.
Check out Creativity Courses:
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Discover the core features of Microsoft Teams and see how you can bring together colleagues, create conversations and content, and collaborate more effectively. Join instructor Nick Brazzi as he walks you through the essentials of using Teams, starting with basic setup, creating new teams, and joining existing teams.
Check out Technology Courses:
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Effective time management is an indispensable skill. Best-selling author and business coach Dave Crenshaw lays the theoretical and practical foundations for managing your time and becoming more productive. Learn how to get more done in the shortest time possible and avoid the obstacles and distractions that can get in the way of good time management.
Check out Organization Courses:
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Time management tools and programs can only go so far. If you want to boost your productivity in a lasting way, you need to change the way you look at your time and your tasks. In this installment of the Productivity Tips series, productive leadership author and speaker Dave Crenshaw explains how to boost your productivity by shifting your perspective. Dave shares bite-sized, actionable tips for finding room in your schedule to improve your productivity, developing flexibility, and avoiding lower-value activities.
Check out productivity courses:
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