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Business Essentials

Program Type

Certificate

Program Format

Online

Instruction Format

Instructor Led

Duration

14 months

Next Start

11/01/2024

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Program Overview

Every company needs junior professionals but training new hires is difficult, expensive, and time-consuming—making it difficult to land a foot in the door. The Business Essentials Pathway Program is designed for entry-level (or aspiring entry-level) professionals looking to gain relevant skills for the modern business environment. Whether it’s a leg in—or just a leg up—you'll learn principles of both traditional and digital marketing, how companies digitize and/or automate legacy processes, how global companies operate across languages, cultures, and time zones, how to communicate for influence and impact, and more.

What You'll Learn

The Business Essentials Pathway Program equips learners with foundational skills and knowledge in each of the core functions of a successful business: accounting/finance, technology and operations, marketing, communications, and strategy.

Admissions Requirements

  • Government-issued identification
  • Passport-style photo or “selfie”
  • Evidence of English language proficiency
  • Official transcript verifying receipt of a bachelor’s degree from:
    • An accredited institution listed by the U.S. Department of Education, or
    • An international institution recognized by the appropriate national ministry of education or recognized country equivalent.
  • Official translations for documents not written in English, provided by:
    • A validated institutional official, or
    • An embassy.
    • If a translated copy is not available upon application, The Office of Admissions will arrange for translation before making a decision.
  • Self-certification of high school completion or its equivalent (e.g., GED or national exam certificate).
    • Note: An official transcript or verification may be required after an internal review to validate self-certification data.

Curriculum & Tuition

Tuition

Monthly Tuition Fee: $340

Why Choose Nexford

Nexford is where global citizens learn the skills they need, at the moment they need them most. We help people move forward in their careers – and their lives. We're a Public Benefit Corporation based in Washington DC. Yes, we're for profit, but we prioritize public benefit over profit. Every time. Nexford aims to demonstrate a more effective way of aligning credentials to the workforce--one that is far better positioned to give any learner, regardless of starting point, an educational foundation for lifelong success. We do this through curricular innovation, leadership in learning analytics and the development of models and tools that enable personalization and impact at scale. We are a cross-disciplinary team of relentlessly optimistic, ambitiously creative, solution-oriented problem solvers who collaborate to uncover and develop new scalable ways to enable our internal and external partners to consistently drive learner impact using the latest technologies and innovative practices available.

Monthly Tuition Fee: $340

Additional tuition reductions and flexible payment options may be available!

Career Pathways

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Human Resources Specialists
Sales Managers
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive