Career & Employment

These learning modules are designed to teach essential vocabulary skills related to computers, Microsoft Word, the Internet, and email. Created by the Community Technology Empowerment Project (CTEP) service corps members in Saint Paul, MN. CTEP's goal is to help adult learners become full digital citizens so that they can fully participate in economic and daily life in the US. 

Now more than ever, Americans need digital skills to land the jobs they want, advance their careers, and grow their businesses. Grow with Google aims to help by providing free training, tools and expertise. Visit their website for tutorials and flexible programs geared toward job seekers, students, small business owners, veterans and military famiies, educators, developers, and startups.

Alison offers a wide range of certificates that can help boost one's resume. The site is very easy to navigate and has a course overview which states the expected length of time it would take to complete it. Offered courses: Health, Science, Lifestyle, Humanities, Marketing, Business, Language, Math, and IT. Registration is required.

This site offers both free and paid courses from colleges and companies. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. You can even apply for financial aid if you choose to. Every course you look at shows the stats for each person who completed it and how it benefited them. A lot of the courses have sign-up dates due to a time structured lesson plan. Registration is required.

This site has an extremely clean user interface and it is easy to use. It offers not only collegiate courses, but also help for those as young as first grade. It has easy to follow videos as well as mastery check-ups to make sure you’re understanding the concepts as you learn them. Courses include math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.  Registration is required.

This site is a little difficult to navigate, but once you get a hang of it you can tell it has a lot to offer. MIT takes courses they offered and puts all the videos, readings, homework, and projects for the class online so you can move at your own pace. Offered Courses: Business, Energy, Engineering, Fine Arts, Health, Medicine, Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Society, and Teaching/Education.

This is the one stop place for all online courses. They have a growing catalog of classes you can sign up for from a wide variety of universities and institutions.

Emergency Management certifications.

Google-owned product training.

From quick, practical courses to comprehensive certifications, learn everything you need to know about the most sought-after business skills.