Training is always a big plus on your resume and employers will likely take a more serious look if you’ve upgraded your skills. To that end, there are many free online resources that you can take advantage of. We recommend looking through all of the links below to get an idea of what courses are being offered or call us to get some guidance for what classes might work best for your own career plans.
BE CAREFUL: Scams? With the increased use of the internet for online training, scammers are reaching out and offering seemingly legitimate opportunities. The result? Personal information stolen, money loss and more. Here’s a link that offers several articles on scams. When in doubt reach out to your CareerCatchers career coach and ask for help. DO NOT SEND personal information until you verify who you are sending it to.
Skillup
Click here to register for over 5000 FREE workplace, business, and IT courses. Explore Career Pathways in over 200 occupations.
MY CNA JOBS is offering free online training
Online training program on caregivers. It has a printable certificate and is mobile friendly. Please register on mycnajobs.com. For more information, please click here.
SUMMARY: Get hired quickly and learn basic caregiving skills with a caregiver certification. Written by a Professor of Nursing and RN at Rush University, learn at your own pace via mobile phone. Learn new skills and earn a printable certificate to take on your next job interview. Enjoy this free e-learning course!
TechSoup
FREE Microsoft Word 101- Learn the Basics in Spanish and English
Free, self-paced, and available on-demand
Join course here
MERIT AMERICA
Free IT Program for Career Seekers with Merit America
No Degree Required
Click here for more information
ALISON
https://alison.com/
ALISON is a free online education platform that mostly focuses on workplace-based skills.
GCFLearnfree
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/
GCFLearnFree.org is a free online educational website focusing on technology, job training,
reading, and math skills.
Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=free
Variety of courses offered by professors from leading universities.
edX
https://www.edx.org/
Access 2000 free online courses from 140 leading institutions worldwide.
Class Central
https://www.classcentral.com/
Discover thousands of free online courses from top universities around the world like MIT,
Stanford, and Harvard.
Academic Earth
https://academicearth.org/
Collection of free online college courses from the world’s top universities.
Udemy
https://www.udemy.com/
Udemy is an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 100,000 courses and 24 million
students.
Cybrary
https://www.cybrary.it/
Take your career to the next level with Cybrary’s online Cyber Security courses.
SkillSoft
Skillsoft is offering 60-days free access to all their thousands of training resources, online books, audio books, etc. They provide technology and developer, leadership and business, productivity and collaboration, and certification preparation training. They are offering 90-days free access to people with a .edu email.
Use this link to sign up: http://learn.skillsoft.com/Business-Continuity-Trial.html
Guru99
https://www.guru99.com
Free Training Tutorials & Video for IT Courses
Other Useful Links:
Milk Street Cooking School
https://www.177milkstreet.com/school
Learn to cook with Milk Street Cooking School’s online lessons.
Google Arts and Culture
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en
Visit a museum for free with Google Arts & Culture.