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Can anyone recommend any free or decent priced online excel courses that offer a qualification employers will recognise?
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I've never come across a job advert that requests a qualification in MS Excel....Can anyone recommend any free or decent priced online excel courses that offer a qualification employers will recognise?
I've come across a few I've been interested in that have said extensive knowledge of excel essential. I'm not very good at it.I've never come across a job advert that requests a qualification in MS Excel....
Quick google came up with the following:
https://excelexposure.com/
http://spreadsheeto.com/free-excel-training/
Buy the dummies book or similar and learn it. Can be done in a couple of days. Tell any potential employer you have extensive knowledge and then use the internet to find solutions in excel to work they give you. It's what programmers do so why not excel people too.I've come across a few I've been interested in that have said extensive knowledge of excel essential. I'm not very good at it.
This ^^ The "for Dummies" guides are very, very good....Buy book off eBay excel for dummies. It will teach you all you need to know.
This is how I taught myself many moons ago.Buy book off eBay excel for dummies. It will teach you all you need to know.
I went to an interview after saying I had excellent excel skills and they gave me a test in the interview. Couldn't even attempt it. Was canny embarrassingJust tell them you have whatever qualification it is they want.
ECDL is a good base qualification if you need a formal qualification: http://ecdl.org/Can anyone recommend any free or decent priced online excel courses that offer a qualification employers will recognise?
Ha ha. Been there before. I put on my CV I was 'exposed to Agile methodology' which wasn't untrue except I had actually only had a 2hr overview session at the time and had learned a few terms but the bloke interviewing was a guru.I went to an interview after saying I had excellent excel skills and they gave me a test in the interview. Couldn't even attempt it. Was canny embarrassing
I'm ok on excel but we are starting to use access a lot more at work. I've just purchased the "for dummies" access book to see if I can teach myself.This is how I taught myself many moons ago.
Helps if you have problems you need solving as well so maybe create a home finances spreadsheet or something similar. You tend to learn quicker when you get stuck on something and need to find a solution.
Not quite what you asked, but I did a one day course with QA near the centre for life on intermediate Excel and they were class. Might be worth seeing if they do an online course.Can anyone recommend any free or decent priced online excel courses that offer a qualification employers will recognise?
Every excel test I've done has ended up boiling down to, at the most, a pivot table, a vlookup, calculating a percentage, and being able to explain the data.wouldn't waste your time. Most employers won't look for an excel qualification. You need to be an excel wizard at my place and I have no excel qualifications. I was asked to do a demonstration in my interview. That's the best way to find out if someone knows their stuff
"It's a religious cult occupied by man babies who refuse to grow up and squeal like toddlers until they are allowed to pretend that toys are an effective part of the development process."Ha ha. Been there before. I put on my CV I was 'exposed to Agile methodology' which wasn't untrue except I had actually only had a 2hr overview session at the time and had learned a few terms but the bloke interviewing was a guru.
Er, that would be an ecumenical matter.
I did exactly the same. Learnt Excel using Dummies guides, then moved onto the Access ones.I'm ok on excel but we are starting to use access a lot more at work. I've just purchased the "for dummies" access book to see if I can teach myself.
Every excel test I've done has ended up boiling down to, at the most, a pivot table, a vlookup, calculating a percentage, and being able to explain the data.
If you know how to do those, countifs, sumifs, and if statements you can probably do more than 99% of things you'll come across even if it's not necessarily the quickest way.
Excel isn't hard.