Enhancement in skills with a new set of online certificate courses will give your career a power booster, says P. C. Chhabra

The new era of digital space has changed the environment to think and work, getting graduation certificates from university is not sufficient nowadays to get employable in today’s competitive market. Enhancement in skills with a new set of online certificate courses as per the choice will give your career a power booster whether you are a fresher start-up or looking to advance your next level for promotion.

There is a huge demand for technical certificate courses like IT certifications. This adds up your value while approaching any company which demonstrates dedication, motivation towards chosen work.

Due to the COVID situation, many companies have faced financial issues which turn out to shut down companies permanently. This situation gave birth to scarcity of employment and race to get worthy employment. The situation of uncertainty arises in the market but getting settled is the most important priority in everyone’s life, therefore, making oneself a deserving candidate for securing a job in the company needs little extra effort to work on your skills. Some online certification courses to boost career are:

Digital Marketing: The most demanding certification course in the market is digital marketing which is preferable to lead online business growth with the right marketing strategies. Every company wants to acquire a brand presence digitally for generating additional revenues and securing a good financial position in the market. This is the course where one gets too familiar with digital tools of traffic increasing and sales on webpage. There is high demand in the market for digital marketing job profiles in almost all sectors of the economy. So utilising this skillful certification course(s) will lead to good opportunities and growth in the career.

Advanced Excel: Microsoft Excel is well known to everyone but this may not work if you are looking for an Analyst or Business profile role. Pursuing a certification course with an advanced excel course will give you a good chance to get the desired job profile.

Google Analytics: The course given by Google is always a good career opportunity where a degree or experience is not required much as this certified training course is provided by Google itself. The USP of pursuing this course is getting the opportunity to learn new things from Google employees who are masters in data analytics. Data analytics certification course comprises collection, transformation, and structuring the data for predicting or giving the conclusion for any decision-making work; the duration of the course is less than six months. If you complete and pass this course, you can directly apply to work in companies like Google, as well as other US companies. 

Foreign Language: Everyone looks for a hike and good opportunity in their career which may lead you to a handsome amount as per your desire, therefore this can be achieved if you get some new language in your resume. There are many MNCs where they hire candidates having their command over preferred foreign language; this can be beneficial to those who are having certified courses in a different language. This makes your profile different from other candidates as well as makes you confident about your career growth.

Graphic designing: The graphic design course can secure your jobs in the company where digital or production work is done such as video production company, media company, film production, etc. This course will help you to understand the basics of designing tools like image-maker, color shaping, GIF, technical tools, typography, etc. The main thing which makes anyone a graphic designer is understanding basic principles of shapes, color, and pattern which can be understood during the courses.

The writer is Executive Director, Sanskriti University