Prepare for high-growth data analytics jobs in the Public Sector

Google and the University of Michigan have joined forces to design a training program to provide learners with the skills and expertise they need to land jobs in high-growth industries. The Google Professional Certificates program helps learners acquire professional skills for in-demand jobs, while Specializations are university-built learning programs that can be used to gain additional expertise when applying Google Professional Certificate skills in a particular industry. Once you’ve completed both programs, you’ll automatically receive a dual badge of completion from Google and the University of Michigan.

Prepare for high-growth data analytics jobs in the Public Sector

Google and the University of Michigan have joined forces to design a training program to provide learners with the skills and expertise they need to land jobs in high-growth industries. The Google Professional Certificates program helps learners acquire professional skills for in-demand jobs, while Specializations are university-built learning programs that can be used to gain additional expertise when applying Google Professional Certificate skills in a particular industry. Once you’ve completed both programs, you’ll automatically receive a dual badge of completion from Google and the University of Michigan.

Pair job-ready skills from Google with industry expertise from the University of Michigan

The Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R specialization from the University of Michigan builds on the core skills of the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate.

About the Google Data Analytics Certificate 

Prepare for a new career in the high-growth field of data analytics, no experience or degree required. Get professional training designed by Google and have the opportunity to connect with top employers. There are 380,000 U.S. job openings in data analytics with a $74,000 median entry-level salary.¹

¹US Burning Glass Labor Insight Report salary data (median with 0-5 years experience) and job opening data. Data for job roles relevant to featured programs (4/01/2021 - 3/31/22).

About the Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R Specialization 

Every government entity — from local municipalities to national agencies — collects and stores millions of data points to perform administrative and legislative duties, allocate resources, and make decisions for the public good. Professionals in the public sector need the necessary skills to accurately interpret and inform administrators and policymakers about the meaning behind these data.

This Specialization will equip you with fundamental technical skills using the R programming language to gather, manipulate, analyze, visualize, and interpret data to inform public policy and public administrative functions. Throughout four courses, you will gain new skills using the popular tidyverse packages, such as dplyr for data manipulation and ggplot for visualization. You will identify and address common political and ethical challenges in data analysis and better understand public administration and public policy concepts using hands-on activities with real-world data sets.

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