00:00is the Google project management
00:02certificate actually worth it or not
00:05that's we're going to be going over in
00:07this video I'm going to talk about a
00:08brief overview of the course then we're
00:10going to get into the time of completion
00:13the cost the demand the salary the
00:17production value the chances of Landing
00:19you a job and the overall value of the
00:21course and then I'm going to be ranking
00:23all of these on a scale from 1 to 10
00:26with 10 being the best then at the very
00:28end I'll give you a final score and let
00:30you know whether I think this
00:32certificate is worth it or not and what
00:34people would be best served by taking
00:36this cert so if you appreciate me doing
00:38these types of videos go ahead gently
00:40tap that like button and let's jump
00:42right into it alright so this is the
00:43Google project management professional
00:45certificate that is hosted on Coursera
00:47they claim that you can start your path
00:49to a career in project management in
00:51this program you'll learn in-demand
00:53skills that will have you job ready in
00:54less than six months no degree or
00:57experience is required so I will put a
00:59link to the the certificate down in the
01:01description as well as the pin comment
01:03below there is a seven day free trial so
01:05you can check it out for free for seven
01:06days and if you choose to keep taking
01:08the certificate it costs about thirty
01:10nine dollars a month also if you're
01:12watching this video and you have taken
01:13the certificate please comment down
01:15below your experiences so that we can
01:17all learn from it whether it was
01:18positive or negative or you can share
01:20both the pros and the cons now let's go
01:22ahead and do a bit of an overview of all
01:25the different courses within this
01:26certificate so there is six total
01:28courses that you have to take in order
01:30to complete the certificate course
01:31number one is foundations of project
01:33management course two is Project
01:35initiation starting a successful project
01:37course three is Project planning putting
01:40it all together course four is Project
01:42execution running the project course 5
01:44is agile project management and course
01:47six is the Capstone which is applying
01:49project management in the real world in
01:51all of the courses have either a 4.8 or
01:54a 4.9 star rating so they are all
01:57excellent now at the end of this course
01:58I believe you have to take a test and in
02:00the test is not proctored so obviously
02:01it's going to be relatively easy to pass
02:03all right so now let's go ahead and talk
02:05about the time to completion right so
02:08how long is it going to take you to
02:10complete this course now according to
02:12google they say it takes about six
02:14months to complete the course if you
02:15study under 10 hours a week it's also
02:18100 self-paced so you can study anytime
02:21you want whether that's in the morning
02:22before work during your lunch break
02:24after work whenever you can so obviously
02:26there's pros and cons to that the pros
02:28is you can study whenever you have time
02:30the cons is you have to be
02:31self-motivated and self-directed now
02:33they say it's going to take about six
02:34months but almost all of the
02:36self-reporting shows that you can finish
02:38it much quicker than that so for
02:40instance this person says that it
02:42doesn't take six months but it requires
02:44a lot of time I'm in a temporary labor
02:46adjustment and have time to do it daily
02:48and it took me almost a month so this
02:50person finished it in a month but they
02:51say at a normal Pace whatever that means
02:53it would take about three months either
02:55of those mean that it would be a lot
02:57faster than six this person here says
02:59that it took them about 160 hours total
03:01which is a lot less than the 240 hours
03:04that they claim it's going to take you
03:05so depending on your situation you know
03:07maybe you're super busy you've got a
03:09family a full-time job Etc or maybe you
03:11have tons of time I would estimate this
03:13is going to take you around one to three
03:15months to complete and that's really
03:17fast if you compare it to a boot camp
03:19which typically takes three months all
03:21the way up to a year or a college degree
03:24which takes 5.1 years on average so when
03:27it comes to the time to completion this
03:28is extremely fast I'm going to give it a
03:319 out of 10. next we're going to talk
03:32about the cost of the certificate now
03:34obviously the comparisons here would be
03:37a college degree or a boot camp College
03:39costs about a hundred thousand dollars
03:41boot camps are typically going to cost
03:42ten thousand dollars or even more so
03:44compared to those Coursera at about 39 a
03:48month let's say it takes you three
03:49months that's going to be a little over
03:51a hundred dollars around 120 right and
03:53there's a range there so let's say it
03:55takes you six months that would be 234
03:57dollars if it takes you two months that
03:59would be about 78 dollars so obviously
04:02very affordable especially compared to a
04:05boot camp or a college degree now
04:07Coursera also does offer financial aid
04:10if you can't afford the 39 a month so
04:12definitely look into that I've heard
04:13that they do approve people quite often
04:15and this is the price for the US and
04:17Canada so if you live in another country
04:19and this certificate is available it
04:21typically will be less so again just
04:23check the link down below I believe it's
04:26like Geo located so it'll show you what
04:28the price is in Your Country Now
04:29Coursera does have a refund policy they
04:31give you the first seven days for free
04:33and as long as you cancel your
04:35subscription within those first seven
04:36days you get a full refund you're not
04:38going to have to pay anything but if you
04:40don't cancel your subscription you will
04:42not be able to get a refund so I guess
04:44that would be one of the downsides to
04:46doing Coursera I think the reason they
04:47do that is because if they allowed
04:49people to get a refund after the 30-day
04:51period most people would just game the
04:53system finish the certificate really
04:54quickly and then get their refund for
04:56free now when you compare the cost of
04:58this certificate to its big biggest
05:00rival in certificates that would be the
05:02cap M certificate that is offered by the
05:04project management Institute this
05:06certificate typically you know you're
05:08going to finish it in two to three
05:09months so it's going to be somewhere
05:09between 78 to about 120 dollars the
05:13project management Institute certificate
05:15is going to be 300 for non-members and
05:18225 dollars for members right so even
05:21when you compare it to other
05:22certificates it's still extremely
05:24affordable so the only score I can give
05:26here is obviously going to be a 10 out
05:29of 10. this is probably the most
05:30affordable way that you can give
05:32yourself a chance of Landing a job with
05:35something that only costs you like 78
05:37dollars all right next let's go ahead
05:38and talk about the demand so on the home
05:41page of this certificate they say right
05:43off the bat there are 479
05:46000 in-demand job openings in project
05:49management and when you finish the
05:50certificate you'll actually get access
05:52to a private job board so this is the
05:55Google Coursera job platform where a
05:57group of more than 150 employers are
06:00hiring for open roles and there are
06:02employer consortiums that are currently
06:04available in the U.S Canada India
06:06Singapore Indonesia and they are coming
06:08to more countries soon and the in-demand
06:10job specifically that they say this
06:12certificate will get you ready for are
06:14going to be project manager project
06:15coordinator project assistant operations
06:18manager operations associate program
06:20manager scrum master and project
06:22associate so let's go ahead and look at
06:24the demand at the entry level for all of
06:25these different careers so if you go to
06:27LinkedIn you sort by jobs and you sort
06:29by entry level only and you type in
06:31project manager you're going to see 74
06:33000 results for project coordinator
06:35you're going to see 30 000 results 66
06:38000 for project assistant 68 000 for
06:41operations manager 76 000 for program
06:43manager 33 000 for scrum master and 25
06:47000 for project associate so it does
06:50seem like there are a ton of entry-level
06:51jobs available for a lot of those
06:53different positions and if you look at
06:54BLS you type in project management
06:56specialist you are going to see 681 000
06:59total jobs and it's growing at seven
07:01percent which is as fast as average so
07:03that's very healthy now another thing
07:04that's really amazing this is basically
07:05a pro tip that a lot of people are not
07:07doing but I've gotten a ton of positive
07:09feedback on this when I started telling
07:11people to do this is to put this on
07:13LinkedIn right so even if you haven't
07:16finished the certificate yet right but
07:18you are in the process of taking it go
07:20ahead and put that on LinkedIn and you
07:23will probably notice that recruiters
07:25will start adding you and reaching out
07:27to you and that is because people
07:29actually search through Linkedin using
07:31these certificates and if you put that
07:33you're just taking it they will find you
07:35it's even better if you finish the
07:36certificate you'll probably get a lot of
07:38people hitting you up so that is another
07:40great way for you to get noticed and
07:42overall just project management
07:44operations management it's something
07:45that is super important operations are
07:48incredibly important to any company out
07:50there and so this is one of those skills
07:51that's just never gonna go away overall
07:53I'm gonna give it a 9.5 out of 10. next
07:56we are going to be talking about the
07:58salary so on the home page they say
08:00seventy three thousand dollar median
08:02entry level salary if you type in some
08:04of those careers that they mentioned on
08:06Glassdoor you're gonna see eighty four
08:08thousand dollars for a project manager
08:10fifty six thousand for a project
08:11coordinator forty eight thousand for a
08:14project assistant sixty one thousand for
08:16project Associates hundred and seventeen
08:18thousand for a scrum Master a hundred
08:20thousand for a program manager and a
08:22hundred thousand for an operations
08:24manager so these are all very healthy
08:26salaries and of course you would
08:28probably start off with one of the lower
08:29level positions like project manager and
08:31then you can move into something like
08:33operations manager later on but these
08:35are extremely good salaries especially
08:36considering this is one of those
08:37positions that you can get into with a
08:40ton of different degrees or in many
08:41cases no degree at all so overall I'm
08:44gonna give it a salary score of nine out
08:46of ten next one on the list is going to
08:48be the production value and engagement
08:50now this is extremely subjective it has
08:52a lot to do with the personalities of
08:55the people who actually present in the
08:57course but if you look at the reviews
08:58they do tend to be pretty good so for
09:00instance this person says excellent
09:02series overall and the Capstone finale
09:03was very challenging the teacher was
09:05very organized and professional and I
09:07would recommend these courses to anyone
09:08looking to get their PMP this person
09:10says it's a very good introductory
09:12course in project management mind you by
09:15itself it's not enough to pass the PMB
09:17exam but it does give you a basic
09:18understanding of project management and
09:20how you can apply project management to
09:22your job the instructor is friendly and
09:23the course material is of good quality
09:25for me the highlights of the
09:27specialization were the interviews with
09:28pmps and the Capstone project I strongly
09:31recommend everyone to take the Capstone
09:33project because it's a very good
09:34learning experience this person says I
09:36enjoy the lectures the professor has a
09:38good speaking and teaching style which
09:40keeps me interested lots of concrete
09:41math examples which make it easier to
09:43understand very good slides which are
09:45well formulated and easy to understand
09:47now I will say that this is not one of
09:50the certificates that when you look at
09:52Reddit or YouTube comments have a ton of
09:54positive comments like you look at with
09:56the it Google professional certificate
09:59that one you can just find a insane
10:01amount of positive comments but that
10:03doesn't mean I wasn't able to find some
10:04there were definitely some on there and
10:06overall all the different six courses
10:08were either ranked 4.8 or 4.9 Stars so
10:11for that reason for the production value
10:12slash engagement I'm going to give this
10:14one an 8 out of 10. next we're going to
10:16talk about its chances of Landing you a
10:19job now this will provide job
10:21opportunities at over 300 different
10:22companies it will open up doors for you
10:24that were not available before and it
10:26will make it easier for recruiters and
10:28hiring managers to find you and on top
10:30of that it does look good to have this
10:32on your resume and a significant amount
10:34of the course is dedicated to getting
10:37you prepared for interviews and helping
10:39you pass them and more and more people
10:41are starting to see the value of these
10:43Google certificates and they're starting
10:45to become more and more respected in the
10:47industry and on top of that there are a
10:49ton of reviews of people who have gotten
10:51jobs using this certificate so for
10:52instance this person says yes you are
10:54right it's a very good certification my
10:56husband has done this in May to June of
10:582021. he got this certificate and got a
11:01job as a deputy general manager he was a
11:04principal civil engineer and got a job
11:06as a deputy general manager in India I
11:08don't know if he is also eligible to
11:10apply to jobs in the UK without much
11:11experience as a manager he started in
11:13July that's an example of somebody
11:14getting a job in India which is really
11:16awesome because some of the products I
11:18review are only available in First World
11:20English-speaking countries so it's great
11:22to see that there are options for other
11:24people as well so this person said I did
11:26it and as soon as I posted the badge to
11:28my LinkedIn profile a bunch of
11:29recruiters started calling me and I got
11:31a new job through one granted the job
11:33was actually as a product owner not a
11:35project manager but that's mostly
11:36because of the work experience on my
11:38resume either way the completion of the
11:39course really triggered alarm bells for
11:41Recruiters on LinkedIn so in my opinion
11:43it was super worth it here's another
11:44person who says from my experience
11:46several months ago the Coursera course
11:48was very informative but definitely
11:49heavily skewed towards Google's methods
11:51and process it also was very very basic
11:54like there was a whole segment on basic
11:55resume writing so depending on where you
11:57are on your career Journey it may have
11:59portions that you fast track through
12:01that being said it helped me land a
12:03career switch from nursing to project
12:04management here's a review from a
12:07reliablesoft.net which kind of reviews
12:09all these sorts of things so the Google
12:11project management professional
12:12certificate is a good certificate for
12:14those who want to work as a project
12:15manager in just four months and for less
12:18than 200 you can build the skills needed
12:19to start a career in project management
12:21the course material is easy to follow
12:23and the quality of the instructors is
12:24very good making this one of the best
12:26entry-level project management
12:27certifications and here is somebody who
12:30got a job at Dell this was posted on the
12:32Coursera page so as I work through my
12:34Google certificate the possibilities of
12:36my future began unfolding in my mind I
12:39began to dream bigger which put me on a
12:40journey that led me to Dell so yeah all
12:43across the internet you are seeing
12:44positive reviews for people who took
12:46this certificate but with that being
12:49said it's still a certificate that costs
12:5139 a month right it's not a boot camp
12:54that's going to get you like really well
12:56prepared for project management so you
12:59may have have to supplement this with
13:01other things like creating a really good
13:03portfolio for instance but overall it
13:05might get you like 80 of the way there
13:07and you even have a pretty decent chance
13:09of getting a job and so I'm going to go
13:11ahead and give this one an 8 out of 10
13:12when it comes to the chances of Landing
13:14you a job alright so now we're going to
13:16talk about what value it offers overall
13:18now when it comes to Value the way I
13:20like to think about this is how much
13:21time effort and money are you risking
13:24and what is the possible reward that you
13:27could get so the time you're risking is
13:29a few months that's a heck of a lot less
13:31than college or a boot camp the effort
13:33that you're risking it's not going to be
13:34super difficult you can do it at your
13:36own pace and the money you're risking is
13:38going to be 39 a month so you're not
13:40risking much money either and the
13:42potential reward is that you could get
13:44yourself a completely new career right
13:46you could start in a completely new
13:48career without having to go to college
13:49so from a risk reward perspective this
13:52is excellent and what Giga brains are
13:55doing is they're actually using these
13:57Coursera certifications to look look
14:00into different careers right so they'll
14:02look into the you know project
14:03management certificate they'll look into
14:05the data analytics certificate they'll
14:07look into the IT cert the ux design cert
14:10Etc and they'll see which one seems to
14:12fit their personality the best so this
14:14is a quick and easy way to figure out
14:17what careers are best for you and you
14:19don't have to risk much time effort or
14:21money whereas this happens all the time
14:22where someone will go to college they're
14:24two to three years into their degree and
14:26they realize they don't want to do that
14:27career so they just wasted two to three
14:29years of their time a ton of effort and
14:32a ton of money they're probably like
14:33sixty thousand dollars in debt at that
14:35point so that is the true value that
14:36these Google certifications offer in my
14:39opinion now with that being said 75 of
14:41Google career certificate graduates in
14:43the United States report an improvement
14:45in their career trajectory so that's
14:46pretty good considering a lot of people
14:48are probably just taking it just to dip
14:50their toe in they're taking it to
14:51refresh on things and they're not
14:53actually planning on changing careers
14:54now certificates are becoming a viable
14:57alternative to traditional education I
15:00consider these to be a part of
15:01alternative education we've already seen
15:03how certificates have completely changed
15:05the game and careers like it and that
15:07same thing is going to happen in many
15:10other related careers and the reason for
15:12this is because colleges simply cannot
15:14keep up with the demands of the
15:16workforce and so that's why you see
15:18these certificates popping up to fill in
15:20the cracks now another thing that's
15:21really great is they are going to have
15:23you do applied learning projects which
15:25not only is great because you learn the
15:27most by doing but on top of that it's
15:29going to build your portfolio and
15:32portfolio is so important I cannot
15:34describe how incredibly important a
15:36portfolio is especially if you're trying
15:38to get a job without a college degree so
15:40not only are you going to learn the
15:42theoretical knowledge but you're going
15:43to learn practical skills that companies
15:45actually want you to know and of course
15:47you're going to earn the career
15:48credential that you can put on your
15:50resume as well as on your LinkedIn
15:51you're going to learn a bunch of
15:52valuable skills that are probably going
15:54to be helpful to you regardless of
15:55whether you go into project management
15:57or not such as organizational culture
15:59your career development strategic
16:01thinking change management project
16:03management stakeholder management
16:04business writing project Charter project
16:06planning risk management task estimation
16:08and procurement and considering you're
16:10barely risking any time effort or money
16:12from a value perspective I have to give
16:15this one a 10 out of 10. is it going to
16:17get you a job guaranteed absolutely not
16:20is it going to get you probably 80
16:22percent of the way there very good
16:24chance does it have a chance of getting
16:26you a job with just the certificate
16:28alone yes it does there's tons of
16:30reviews on the internet that show that
16:31that's true so overall the score is
16:33going to be a 9.07 out of 10 this is a
16:36great score for a certificate and I
16:38think that if you understand the value
16:39proposition of these certificates you're
16:42not going to be disappointed by it the
16:44only people who are disappointed are the
16:45ones who think that the certificate is
16:47like a golden ticket to a free job and
16:49realistically speaking at 39 a month did
16:52you really expect the certificate to
16:54just automatically get you a job without
16:56you having to do any other extra work
16:58outside of it like do you really think
17:00this certificate is going to be better
17:01than a boot camp or a degree because a
17:03boot camp and a degree still don't
17:04guarantee you a job so overall a lot to
17:07love here this is going to get a massive
17:08Thumbs Up From Me definitely check it
17:10out I'll put it down in the description
17:11as well as the pin comment below and
17:13there's a seven day free trial also if
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