15 Best Job Search Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Job Search courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $79.00. 7 come from a named university or institution, including IBM, Google and University of California, Santa Cruz. 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 "job search" 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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Project Management Job Search, Resume, and Interview Prep
Offered by IBM
The demand for project managers in on the rise across different industries, including construction, healthcare, Information Technology, and finance. According to the Project Management Institute's (PMI) most recent Talen...
$49.00listed price -
2
Accelerate Your Job Search with AI
Offered by Google
Welcome to Accelerate Your Job Search with AI. This Specialization was designed by experts at Google and informed by employers, workforce nonprofits, and educational institutions, to help you navigate your path to your n...
$49.00listed price -
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Learn to Job Search with Indeed
Offered by Coursera
By the end of this course, you will be able to search for the exact job that you want to be in, in the correct location, with the desired salary you want. You will also know where to look for accurate salary information,...
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The Career Design Lab: Change your Job, Change your Life
Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz
If your work isn’t fulfilling, now is the time to change direction and design a life you love. This course is for people at any life stage who want a job they enjoy and a career aligned with their values. If you’re langu...
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5
How to Write a Resume (Project-Centered Course)
Offered by The State University of New York
What you’ll achieve: In this project-centered course*, you will craft an essential cornerstone of the modern-day job or internship search: the resume. You’ll review resume best practices and explore current trends with g...
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Gestion de projet Agile
Offered by Google
Il s'agit du cinquième cours du programme Google Project Management Certificate (certificat de gestion de projet Google). Ce cours explorera l’histoire, l’approche et la philosophie de la gestion de projet Agile, notamme...
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Job Success: Get Hired or Promoted in 3 Steps
Offered by The State University of New York
This course, Job Success: Get Hired or Promoted in Three Steps, will prepare you to stand out in a crowded applicant pool so that you can get hired or promoted. In three steps you will leave this course with 1. An upgrad...
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Gerenciamento de projetos Agile
Offered by Google
Esse é o quinto curso do programa Certificado de Gerenciamento de Projetos do Google. Este curso explorará a história, a abordagem e a filosofia do gerenciamento de projetos Agile, incluindo a estrutura Scrum. Você apren...
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How To Land the Job You Want (Capstone Project)
Offered by University of Maryland, College Park
In the capstone project, you will combine the skills you’ve learned in the prior four courses of the specialization to polish your elevator speeches, complete your resumes - including multiple versions for different targ...
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10
Mastering the Software Engineering Interview
Offered by University of California San Diego
You’ve hit a major milestone as a computer scientist and are becoming a capable programmer. You now know how to solve problems, write algorithms, and analyze solutions; and you have a wealth of tools (like data structure...
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The Hunt: Job-Searching and Career-Building with Purpose
Offered by Yale University
Navigating your next career move can feel overwhelming — especially in today’s dynamic and unpredictable job market. The Hunt offers a clear, actionable framework to help you make your next career leap more purpose-drive...
$49.00listed price -
12
Career Launch for Market Researchers
Offered by Coursera
Technical proficiency is only half of the hiring equation. To land the role, you must be able to market your expertise effectively. This course helps you extract and package capstone and project outputs into professional...
$49.00listed price -
13
Tech Support Career Guide and Interview Preparation
Offered by IBM
This course is designed to prepare you to enter the job market as a technical support specialist. It provides guidance about the regular functions and tasks of support professionals and options for career development. It...
$49.00listed price -
14
Cyber Security Professional – Beginner’s Career Guide
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
15
Resume Writing: Create Job-Winning Resumes
Offered by EDUCBA
Create professional, ATS-friendly resumes that stand out and get noticed by recruiters. Learn proven resume writing techniques to boost your job opportunities and career success. This course helps you design structured,...
$49.00listed price
Best Job Search 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. 7 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including IBM, Google and University of California, Santa Cruz — 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.