15 Best Career Growth Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Career Growth courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $79.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, University of Michigan and University of California, Davis. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $9.99 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "career growth" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Salary Negotiation Strategies for Career Growth
Offered by EDUCBA
Master salary negotiation strategies to boost your career growth and earning potential. Learn how to evaluate job offers, communicate your value, and negotiate confidently in real-world scenarios. This course provides a...
$49.00listed price -
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Essential Leadership Skills for Career Growth
Offered by Packt
This course is based on Bill Dellecker's bestselling book, Leadership Worthy. This course is designed to help aspiring and current leaders build the skills and mindset needed to guide teams effectively. Drawing from over...
$49.00listed price -
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Professional Communication & Career Growth Skills
Offered by EDUCBA
Master the essential soft skills required to succeed in today’s competitive job market and workplace. Build job-ready communication, resume, and career growth skills that employers value. This Specialization is designed...
$49.00listed price -
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Human Excellence in the AI Age, Part 1: A Soft Skills Course
Offered by University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Finding meaningful work and happiness in the AI age depends on you - your ability to learn, unlearn, and re-learn at the pace of technological change. Follow Edward D. Hess, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration...
$49.00listed price -
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The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know
Offered by University of Michigan
This engaging course is designed to help you achieve the success that you desire. Drawing on decades of scientific research, you will learn what the most successful people do differently than others, why IQ is not the mo...
$49.00listed price -
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Adaptability and Resiliency
Offered by University of California, Davis
To survive in today’s constantly changing business landscape requires being comfortable in uncertainty. Adaptability is what allows people and businesses to solve problems, overcome challenges and move back from the edge...
$49.00listed price -
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Building Engagement, Growth, and Resilience in the Workplace
Offered by John Wiley & Sons
This course focuses on developing strategies to enhance employee engagement, foster growth, and build organizational resilience. Learners explore methods to create a supportive and high-performing workplace that drives l...
$49.00listed price -
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Women In Leadership: Strategy, Influence And Advocacy
Offered by The Expert Academy
This Specialization helps emerging women leaders build the confidence, influence and practical leadership skills needed to grow into more visible, strategic roles. Across 4 focused courses, learners will strengthen their...
$49.00listed price -
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Commercial Skills: Negotiation, Sales, Customer service
Offered by Chris Croft Training
Strong commercial skills are essential for succeeding at all stages of your career. This course is taught by world renowned business trainer Chris Croft, and is delivered through short, bite-sized videos packed with prac...
$49.00listed price -
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Maintaining a Professional Image in Trades
Offered by Interplay Learning
In the trades, your technical skill is only half of the equation; the way you present yourself often dictates how much a customer trusts your work before you even pick up a tool. This course is designed to help tradespeo...
$49.00listed price -
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Foundations of Management
Offered by IESE Business School
Good management is equal parts knowing and doing. No matter what industry you work in or where you are in your career, a basic understanding of financial, marketing and decision-making principles and other management fun...
$79.00listed price -
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Strategically Build and Engage Your Network on LinkedIn
Offered by Coursera
In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to strategically build and engage your network on LinkedIn. Many people in today’s society think that they know how to network but do they really? We will disc...
$9.99listed price -
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Time Management
Offered by Alex Genadinik
Use industry-tested and science-based methods to get more done in less time, boost your career or business, and reclaim your work-life balance. Focus on results and fulfillment - without the burnout. MODERN AND RESEARCH-...
$49.00listed price -
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Talent Management
Offered by Sage Publications
This course provides an in-depth exploration of modern talent management practices, focusing on talent acquisition, development, and performance management. Learners will gain insight into how to attract, assess, and onb...
$49.00listed price -
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Advanced Thought Leadership: Mastering Influence and Impact
Offered by Creo Incubator
This Specialization equips learners with advanced leadership skills to influence effectively, negotiate with confidence, resolve conflict, and navigate internal politics in complex organisational environments. Across the...
$49.00listed price
Best Career Growth Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $69.01. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, University of Michigan and University of California, Davis — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 30 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.