The 10 most in demand LinkedIn courses to help you land a new job — and how to watch them for free

Course description: "Project management is a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and make projects more successful. Project management can be used to guide small, simple projects as well as complex enterprise-wide initiatives."

Skills covered in the course: Project management

People who have watched the course so far: 213,054

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Course description: "This certification training course teaches critical project management concepts from the exam and offers study guides and sample practice exams to hone your test-taking skills. This course also fulfills the 35-hour education requirement needed to sit for the exam and provides 35 PDUs for current PMPs who need the credit to maintain their certification."

Skills covered in the course: Project management

People who have watched the course so far: 386,532 

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Course description: "Most people are afraid of speaking in public, but effective oral communication is a key skill in business. Jeff Ansell provides simple communication tools, strategies, and tips that are easy to use and produce immediate results."

Skills covered in the course: Communication, public speaking

People who have watched the course so far: 296,416

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Course description: "Follow along with Excel expert Dennis Taylor as he demonstrates how to efficiently manage and analyze data with this powerful program."

Skills covered in the course: Microsoft Excel, Office 365, Spreadsheets

People who have watched the course so far: 334,246

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Course description: "Learn how to best enter and organize data, perform calculations with simple functions, work with multiple worksheets, format the appearance of your data and cells, and build charts and PivotTables."

Skills covered in the course: Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets

People who have watched the course so far: 631,058 

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Course description: "Executive coach and organizational psychologist Gemma Roberts explains what emotional intelligence is and why it's important. She helps you become more self-aware so that you can identify triggers that may hijack your performance."

Skills covered in the course: Emotional intelligence, personal development

People who have watched the course so far: 370,968

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Course description: "Python—the popular and highly readable object-oriented language—is both powerful and relatively easy to learn. Whether you're new to programming or an experienced developer, this course can help you get started with Python."

Skills covered in the course: Python (programming language)

People who have watched the course so far: 496,082

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Course description: "In this course, coach Mike Gutman from FlexJobs shows how to use today's cloud-based communication and collaboration tools to get work done from anywhere, while remaining connected to your organization."

Skills covered in the course: Virtual teams, career management

People who have watched the course so far: 254,878 

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Course description: "This course teaches managers and leaders how to use strategic thinking to guide the direction of their teams and come up with solutions to key business problems. Career and personal branding expert Dorie Clark shows you how to carve out time to think about strategy, gather data, learn from the past, create a vision for the future, and implement strategic thinking within your team."

Skills covered in the course: Strategy, strategic thinking, leadership

People who have watched the course so far: 873,735

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Course description: "In this course, bestselling author and productivity expert Dave Crenshaw offers best practices for anyone who works full-time or occasionally from home."

Skills covered in the course: Virtual office, time management, virtual work

People who have watched the course so far: 310,738

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