LinkedIn Learning
Students have free access to LinkedIn Learning to help you learn how to develop your skills.
The LinkedIn Learning video library has over 18,000 engaging, top-quality, on-demand courses taught by recognized industry experts available 24x7 either online or offline. No matter who you are, you can use LinkedIn Learning to upskill, reskill, and create personalized learning paths for continuous growth and improvement. After completing the skills you can share with others what you learned with a certification.
Below are suggested LinkedIn Learning courses to help you develop career readiness (transferable) skills.
See the 1:22-minute video below for an overview of LinkedIn Learning.
How to Access LinkedIn Learning for Free
You can have a LinkedIn profile with your personal (non-UCSC) email address and still access LinkedIn Learning for free. If you don't already have a LinkedIn account, we recommend creating one first before accessing LinkedIn Learning.
- Log out of your personal LinkedIn account before trying to connect to LinkedIn Learning. Make sure you know your password so you can log back in later.
- Navigate to LinkedIn Learning by accessing the landing page.
- Enter your UCSC email address in this step, even if you have a regular LinkedIn account with a personal (non-UCSC) email address. If done correctly, you should have triggered SSO to get full access to LinkedIn Learning.
- After verifying your SSO, you should see a confirmation page that you now have access to LinkedIn Learning. At this point, you have the option to "Connect my LinkedIn account." This is where you can now connect LinkedIn Learning, provided by UCSC, to your personal LinkedIn account.
Troubleshooting
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If you are not seeing the full content or are being asked to purchase a subscription, log out of LinkedIn Learning account and log back in. Sometimes, this is all it takes to see the full content.
- If that still doesn't work, see these instructions to associate your LinkedIn Learning account with your UCSC email to provide you with full access for free.
Recommended LinkedIn Learning Courses to Develop Career Readiness (Transferable) Skills
1. Career & Self-Development
Proactively develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization.
Sample Behaviors
- Show an awareness of own strengths and areas for development.
- Identify areas for continual growth while pursuing and applying feedback.
- Develop plans and goals for one’s future career.
- Professionally advocate for oneself and others.
- Display curiosity; seek out opportunities to learn.
- Assume duties or positions that will help one progress professionally.
- Establish, maintain, and/or leverage relationships with people who can help one professionally.
- Seek and embrace development opportunities.
- Voluntarily participate in further education, training, or other events to support one’s career.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Rock Your LinkedIn Profile (1h 18m)
- Job Hunting for College Grads (26m 51s)
- Managing Your Career: Early Career (1h 8m)
- How to Create a Career You Love (18m 23s)
- Defining and Achieving Professional Goals (27m 31s)
2. Communication
Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of an organization.
Sample Behaviors
- Understand the importance of and demonstrate verbal, written, and non-verbal/body language, abilities.
- Employ active listening, persuasion, and influencing skills.
- Communicate in a clear and organized manner so that others can effectively understand.
- Frame communication with respect to diversity of learning styles, varied individual communication abilities, and cultural differences.
- Ask appropriate questions for specific information from supervisors, specialists, and others.
- Promptly inform relevant others when needing guidance with assigned tasks.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Communication Foundations (1h 10m)
- Publishing on LinkedIn for College Students and Young Professionals (31m 40s)
- Tips for Writing Business Emails (35m 32s)
- Improving Your Listening Skills (29m)
3. Critical Thinking
Identify and respond to needs based upon an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information.
Sample Behaviors
- Make decisions and solve problems using sound, inclusive reasoning and judgment.
- Gather and analyze information from a diverse set of sources and individuals to fully understand a problem.
- Proactively anticipate needs and prioritize action steps.
- Accurately summarize and interpret data with an awareness of personal biases that may impact outcomes.
- Effectively communicate actions and rationale, recognizing the diverse perspectives and lived experiences of stakeholders.
- Multi-task well in a fast-paced environment.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (45m 17s)
- Using Questions to Foster Critical Thinking and Curiosity (30m 8s)
- Critical Thinking (59m 36s)
- Solving Business Problems (36m 3s)
4. Equity & Inclusion
Demonstrate the awareness, attitude, knowledge, and skills required to equitably engage and include people from different local and global cultures. Engage in anti-racist practices that actively challenge the systems, structures, and policies of racism.
Sample Behaviors
- Solicit and use feedback from multiple cultural perspectives to make inclusive and equity-minded decisions.
- Actively contribute to inclusive and equitable practices that influence individual and systemic change.
- Advocate for inclusion, equitable practices, justice, and empowerment for historically marginalized communities.
- Seek global cross-cultural interactions and experiences that enhance one’s understanding of people from different demographic groups and that leads to personal growth.
- Keep an open mind to diverse ideas and new ways of thinking.
- Identify resources and eliminate barriers resulting from individual and systemic racism, inequities, and biases.
- Demonstrate flexibility by adapting to diverse environments.
- Address systems of privilege that limit opportunities for members of historically marginalized communities.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Using Gender Inclusive Language (55m 2s)
- Skills for Inclusive Conversations (53m 11s)
- Fighting Gender Bias at Work (14m 9s)
- Succeeding as an LGBT Professional (20m 12s)
- Becoming an Ally to All (29m 29s)
5. Leadership
Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.
Sample Behaviors
- Inspire, persuade, and motivate self and others under a shared vision.
- Seek out and leverage diverse resources and feedback from others to inform direction.
- Use innovative thinking to go beyond traditional methods.
- Serve as a role model to others by approaching tasks with confidence and a positive attitude.
- Motivate and inspire others by encouraging them and by building mutual trust.
- Plan, initiate, manage, complete and evaluate projects.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Leading Yourself (51m 3s)
- Leading through Relationships (2019) (48m 44s)
- How to Manage Your Manager (27m 14s)
- Leadership Foundations: Leadership Styles and Models (44m 21s)
6. Professionalism
Knowing work environments differ greatly, understand and demonstrate effective work habits, and act in the interest of the larger community and workplace.
Sample Behaviors
- Act equitably with integrity and accountability to self, others, and the organization.
- Maintain a positive personal brand in alignment with organization and personal career values.
- Be present and prepared.
- Demonstrate dependability (e.g., report consistently for work or meetings).
- Prioritize and complete tasks to accomplish organizational goals.
- Consistently meet or exceed goals and expectations.
- Have an attention to detail, resulting in few if any errors in their work.
- Show a high level of dedication toward doing a good job.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Developing Your Professional Image in a New Job (54m 44s)
- Values and Ethics: Case Studies in Action (42m 22s)
- Mistakes You Should Avoid at Work (21m 59s)
- How to Manage Your Attention and Your Priorities (21m 48s)
7. Teamwork
Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities.
Sample Behaviors
- Listen carefully to others, taking time to understand and ask appropriate questions without interrupting.
- Effectively manage conflict, interact with and respect diverse personalities, and meet ambiguity with resilience.
- Be accountable for individual and team responsibilities and deliverables.
- Employ personal strengths, knowledge, and talents to complement those of others.
- Exercise the ability to compromise and be agile.
- Collaborate with others to achieve common goals.
- Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Teamwork Foundations (1h 25m)
- Being an Effective Team Member (31min)
- Time Management Tips: Teamwork (43m 58s)
- Developing Your Emotional Intelligence (42m 10s)
8. Technology
Understand and leverage technologies ethically to enhance efficiencies, complete tasks, and accomplish goals.
Sample Behaviors
- Navigate change and be open to learning new technologies.
- Use technology to improve efficiency and productivity of their work.
- Identify appropriate technology for completing specific tasks.
- Manage technology to integrate information to support relevant, effective, and timely decision-making.
- Quickly adapt to new or unfamiliar technologies.
- Manipulate information, construct ideas, and use technology to achieve strategic goals.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
