Education and career news / trends from around the world — 18th September, 2020

Curated by the Knowledge Team of ICS Career GPS

EDUCATION NEWS / ARTICLES

Facebook partners with Coursera to launch Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate

Facebook has partnered with online learning platform Coursera to help learners of all backgrounds enter the growing field of social media marketing. With half the world’s population using social media, companies are making significant investments in social media marketing. By the end of 2020, advertising spend on social networks is expected to reach more than 43 billion dollars.

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Using Blogs for Online, Hybrid or HyFlex Teaching

Whether your teaching is moving fully online or taking a HyFlex approach, using blogs in your course can help you teach students writing, foster deeper engagement with concepts and mitigate some of the isolation students felt in the spring when their courses went online. Blogs can be personal, accessible, responsive and strategic — an ideal online teaching strategy.

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CAREER NEWS / ARTICLES

Warren Buffett says you can raise your level of success by making 1 important choice

Buffett’s best advice is especially applicable in light of the global pandemic. Many business professionals and entrepreneurs have taken a financial blow to their wallet this year, with scores more pivoting to new career options unimaginable before March 2020. Enter Buffett, who once said, “In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.”

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Hit by COVID, professionals are coming out of their comfort zones to re-evaluate career choices

Jobs have been put on hold and employees laid off due to coronavirus shutdowns around the world. Faced with a gloomy future, many professionals are coming out of their comfort zones to re-evaluate their career choices and upskill themselves to remain relevant.

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