Career Credentials: Evidence Your Expertise in Problem Solving (FutureLearn)

In this course, you’ll discover why great problem-solvers are in demand, what problem-solving skills employers are looking for and what effective problem solving looks like.

You’ll explore strategies for identifying, implementing and evaluating solutions before benchmarking your own problem-solving skills against international qualifications frameworks and professional practice criteria.

What topics will you cover?

- The role of problem solving in jobs of today and the future

- What problem-solving skills employers are looking for and why

- Practical strategies for identifying, analysing, developing, implementing and evaluating solutions to problems

- How to benchmark your problem-solving capabilities against international qualifications frameworks

- Methods for evidencing your problem-solving expertise using Deakin’s professional practice credential criteria

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Describe problem solving and its importance to the workplace

- Identify the behaviours, skills and knowledge that exemplify great problem-solving abilities

- Assess your current problem-solving skills against qualifications frameworks

- Collect evidence to demonstrate your capability and/or apply for a problem-solving credential.