Top 5 Free Coursera Certificates For 2025, From Research - Rachel Wells, Forbes

As employers relax their requirements for workers with four-year degrees and opt for highly skilled candidates instead, one key factor has been strongly instrumental to the success of this strategic move: online courses and professional certificates. In Coursera's latest report, they explained: "In early 2024, more than half of job listings in the U.S. omitted formal education requirements, and in late November, the U.S. Department of Labor published a skills-first hiring guide." (According to the DOL, their goal is to promote "skills-based hiring as a quality recruitment practice," and to provide employers with the resources and information for this to be effective, regardless of where or how one obtained those skills.) "As demand for alternative credentials rose, there were over 3.3 million enrollments in entry-level professional certificates this year," the report continues.

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