Useful Courses To Elevate Your Career
Thank you to our Corporate Leadership Council speakers Michael Bzdak at Johnson & Johnson, Jarian Kerekes at Equitable Foundation, Luis Maes at the MLB Kansas City Royals, Windy Pham at Macy’s and Niki Zoli at Lidl U.S for helping advance the sector and sharing their insights on the “How to get a job in social impact” webinar. Addressing barriers—such as access to a good job—is part of CHC’s core work to ensure opportunity for every person in every community to live their healthiest life.
Watch the April 23, 2024 event recording for tips on how to find coveted social impact jobs, skills needed, how to break through if you don’t have a social impact background, interview tips, bouncing back after layoffs and more.
Courses and Training:
Enhancing your skills in the social impact space can be achieved through various trainings and courses tailored to different budgets. Here are some recommendations for programs that range from free resources to more comprehensive, paid options.
Examples:
- Free U.N. Sustainable Development Goals training (unsdglearn.org)
- Free GreenBiz training
- Eventbrite – you’ll be surprised how many events are available. Just search “sustainability” or “environment” and use the “free” price option.
- Coursera: Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility
- University of Pennsylvania’s CSR Course
- Sustainable Vikings: Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility in Scandinavia | Coursera
- Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable | Coursera
- Managing Responsibly: Practicing Sustainability, Responsibility and Ethics | Coursera
- Free Corporate Social Responsibility Tutorial – Corporate Social Responsibility | Udemy
- GRI – Certification
- The most expensive options tend to be CSR/social impact programs, degrees or certifications but options abound from Harvard Extension School and Harvard Business School, Boston College, Rutgers, Duke Fuqua, University of Maryland, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, University of Colorado, George Washington University, UC Bolder, NYU, Pepperdine, Wharton, Berkley, Stanford, and more
- LinkedIn Learning
- Any training on Artificial Intelligence
- Companies often offer free training (Per Scholas, Microsoft, Google) and other workforce development programs or opportunities to learn. Consider Best Buy Teen Tech Centers, FedEx facilities on HBCU campuses providing job opportunities and a path forward, and more.
