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Leverage ready-made learning, create unique skills pathways, or develop completely custom skill-building content.

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Our solutions

Training programs and skill assessments that address the unique needs of your business.

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Prebuilt Skills Pathways 

Pick your skills. Register employees.
Start training. 


Explore our Skills Center to discover self-led, non-college-credit skills designed to help upskill and reskill workforces of any size. 

Prebuilt Skills Pathways 

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Tailored Skills Pathways 

Tailored learning to meet your needs. 


Combine your favorite existing skills offerings with new, tailor-made content unique to your business to create tailored pathways for your workforce. 

Tailored Skills Pathways 

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Custom Skills Pathways

A custom training solution built for you.


Work closely with our team to develop training programs and skill assessments to address the unique needs of your business and workforce. 

Custom Skills Pathways

A scalable training solution for workforces of any size

No matter how many employees you need to train, we can offer custom-made content to help them learn new skills.

Upskill/reskill

Help your workforce learn the latest skills your industry demands.

Upskill/reskill

Support leadership

Make sure your leadership teams have the communication and management skills they need to help drive your business.

Support leadership

Certificates and badging 

Keep employees engaged and encouraged with digital badges and training that can help them prepare to take industry certification exams.

Certificates and badging 

Anyone, anywhere, anytime

Train as many employees as you need with non-college-credit, self-led Skills Pathways that can be accessed by anyone, from anywhere, at any time.

Anyone, anywhere, anytime

Try out our self-led, non-college-credit online training for yourself. 

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What can you expect from Professional Development

Career-relevant data

We collaborated with Lightcast, a labor market data company, to find in-demand skills for occupations related to our bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and we’ve aligned our programs to those skills.

Career-relevant data

Track Progress

Now it’s easy to track your progress as you complete your coursework, so you know exactly which career-relevant skills you’re gaining.

Track Progress

AI-Assessments

Assessments for one or more skills are built into all skills-aligned courses. You’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate your new skills in class, on the job and maybe even in that next interview you’re considering.

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REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS

One-hour skill modules

Each one-hour skill module features one or more assessments that replicate real-world scenarios to help improve employee skill retention. Every skill module awards a digital skill badge that’s shareable across social media and email footers so employees can proudly show off their accomplishments. Plus, one-hour skill modules can be combined into Tailored Skills Pathways to meet your upskilling needs. Not sure which skills to choose? Contact our sales team and let us guide you every step of the way. 

REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS

One-hour skill modules

Each one-hour skill module features one or more assessments that replicate real-world scenarios to help improve employee skill retention. Every skill module awards a digital skill badge that’s shareable across social media and email footers so employees can proudly show off their accomplishments. Plus, one-hour skill modules can be combined into Tailored Skills Pathways to meet your upskilling needs. Not sure which skills to choose? Contact our sales team and let us guide you every step of the way. 

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Let’s talk about how the University of Phoenix’s adaptable skills solutions can support your changing workforce needs. If you’re a prospective student, a current student or an alumni, please contact us here.

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Frequently asked questions

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A skill module teaches a single skill in four to eight hours.

  • A one-hour skill module teaches a single skill in about one hour.
    Every type of skill module features one or more assessments and awards a shareable digital skill badge when completed with a score of 85% or better.

A Skills Pathway is a series of skills that can be learned over a period of time.

  • Prebuilt Pathway: A series of two or more existing skill modules that’s ready to launch today.
  • Training Pathway: A series of two or more one-hour skill modules that does not prepare employees for a certification exam or help them earn recertification credits.
  • Certification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees prepare for a third-party certification exam.
  • Recertification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees earn recertification credits for a specific agency such as SHRM® and HRCI®.
  • Tailored Skills Pathway: Select multiple existing skill modules to create this Pathway. Skill modules and assessments can be modified slightly to accommodate the needs of your business.
  • Custom Skills Pathway: Our team will build completely new skill modules and assessments for your business and workforce.

If you’re ready to learn more about what University of Phoenix professional development can do for your business and workforce, contact us today!