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Workplace Essentials

Strong coding skills get you the interview. Workplace skills get you the job — and keep you there. This course covers professional communication, teamwork, your first 90 days on the job, and the career essentials no one teaches you in a bootcamp.

7 hours

34 lessons

Certificate included

Instructor

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This course includes:

7 hours of comprehensive lessons
Hands-on coding exercises and challenges
Code examples with syntax highlighting
Certificate of completion
Lifetime access to all content
Mobile-friendly, works offline

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Professional Communication

How to communicate clearly and professionally in a modern workplace.

8 lessons

How to Write a Professional Email

Preview

10 minutes

Preview Lesson

Subject Lines That Get Read

8 minutes

Grammar and Sentence Structure Essentials

12 minutes

Email Etiquette: CC, BCC, Reply-All

8 minutes

Using Slack and Teams Professionally

10 minutes

Presenting Your Work: Stand-Ups, Demos, and Technical Explanations

12 minutes

Proactive Communication: What Good Developers Do Differently

14 minutes

Communication Scenarios: What Would You Do?

20 minutes

Module 2: Working in a Team

How to collaborate, communicate, and navigate team dynamics in a professional environment.

6 lessons

Setting Expectations at the First Team Meeting

10 minutes

How to Voice Your Opinion in a Group Without Being Dismissed

10 minutes

Giving and Receiving Feedback Professionally

12 minutes

When a Teammate Is Not Pulling Their Weight

10 minutes

When and How to Escalate to a Manager

10 minutes

What NOT to Do: Team Dynamics Mistakes

8 minutes

Module 3: Your First 90 Days

What to expect and how to succeed in the first three months of a new job.

6 lessons

The Night Before: What to Prepare

8 minutes

How to Introduce Yourself on Day One

8 minutes

Questions to Ask in Your First Week

10 minutes

Understanding a New Codebase: Where to Start

12 minutes

How to Ask for Help Without Undermining Yourself

10 minutes

What Success Looks Like at 30, 60, and 90 Days

10 minutes

Module 4: Career Essentials

How to prepare for interviews, write a CV, and build your professional profile.

7 lessons

How to Prepare for a Technical Interview

12 minutes

The STAR Method for Behavioural Questions

10 minutes

Writing a CV That Gets Noticed in SA

12 minutes

Using Your HardCoded Certificate and Portfolio Link

8 minutes

Questions to Ask the Interviewer

8 minutes

Building Your Professional Network in SA

10 minutes

Using AI Tools at Work

12 minutes

Module 5: Managing Yourself

How to manage your time, your energy, and your mindset in the workplace. The skills employers consistently say new graduates are missing.

3 lessons

Managing Your Time and Priorities

12 minutes

Resilience: Bouncing Back From Setbacks at Work

10 minutes

Self-Awareness at Work

10 minutes

Module 6: Working in South Africa

The employment rights, financial realities, and cultural context that are specific to working in South Africa. What no one else teaches you.

4 lessons

Understanding Your Employment Contract and Rights

12 minutes

Reading Your First Payslip

10 minutes

Navigating the SA Workplace: Culture, Ubuntu, and Transformation

12 minutes

Working in SA's Economic Reality

10 minutes

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