When looking for a new job, there are certain things you'll need to know

Don’t get overwhelmed by stressing about everything that needs to happen in order to make yourself stand out. Take it step by step with this course from edX. This learning platform is one of our favorites because it partners with impressive universities and businesses, so you always get a brilliant instructor. (It beats hunting around YouTube.)

The course is taught by Jim Pautz, the vice president of coaching at Fullbridge; he previously worked as a senior admissions officer for Harvard. He knows what stands out. The course starts slow, with an introduction to get you thinking about everything. Then, you’ll focus on résumés and cover letters in the next lesson. He’ll help you strategize the number of résumés you have on hand and how to customize them for new opportunities. The second main lesson is networking, which can be painful for introverts. Pautz will help you do it right so you don’t feel like a stalker. Next, you’ll discuss the interview and how to secure the position.

Each section takes an hour or two to complete so you’ll probably get it done if you put in an hour a day for a week. It'll be time well spent.

Believe it or not, LinkedIn may be your most important social network. So why does your profile look so boring? It can be hard to know what to post on there. You want to seem like a fun coworker, but you may struggle with that buttoned-up, professional voice. And what about hashtags?

“Rock Your LinkedIn Profile” will answer your questions about the allusive app. The course is taught by Lauren Jolda, a program manager at LinkedIn. Because who better to teach about the platform than someone working for it? We definitely have a bit of a Dorothy Gale moment, seeing who’s behind the curtain. Jolda’s effective too because her peppy attitude works as a motivator.

If you’ve never used LinkedIn Learning though, you need to know it comes with a fee. It's included with LinkedIn Premium and other paid accounts, and students at some universities can access it free. If you haven’t used your month free trial, you can try it out. Otherwise, it’s a $30 monthly subscription.

Résumés are tricky. How do you encapsulate your work projects and skills into a page? Before you knock the font down to illegible levels, consider taking this course. It’ll guide you through narrowing your experience to the most relevant, insightful pieces. Like, how long can you get away with including “dean’s list” on your awards? It’s probably time to let that go.

We picked this course because the instructor is actually qualified to boss you around. Some YouTube videos and other résumé lecturers don’t have the expertise to share their tips, yet they do anyway. Charles Duquette, the instructor for “Writing Winning Résumés and Cover Letters,” is the marketing coordinator for the English Institute at the University of Maryland. He teaches career development on Coursera and has accrued hundreds of five-star reviews, with boatloads of comments about his level of detail.

One specific piece of the course is writing for Applicant Tracking Systems. This software looks at your résumé and scans for keywords and phrases. It saves hiring committees time by ruling people out so they have less documents to skim through. The course teaches how to pass the computer and get your résumé to a human.

Did anyone ever teach you how to write a cover letter? Or have you always written the same bland letters with half-hearted assurances of your expertise? Writing a good cover letter is essential. It should have personality, an anecdote to show you'll be a decent coworker, and specific examples of how your skills translate on the job.

Maybe there’s something you’re messing up in your letters without even realizing it. For $10, you can video chat with an advisor on Coursera. You share your screen and talk through webcams while your instructor guides you through each step of creating the documents and then leaves you with more resources. It’s called a “guided project,” and there’s plenty of others on Coursera for when you need a bit of help.

There might be one piece of advice you hear over and over when it comes to interviews: “Make it conversational.” But an interview is more daunting than a normal conversation, so it’s hard to have natural, free-flowing speech. Interviews can put you back to middle school levels of social anxiety, so it's worth practicing and getting your nerves out before you're actually in that chair.

This Udemy course goes beyond the stereotypical advice you hear from your friends and WikiHow. The instructors are both really accomplished, for starters. One started his own business and the other is a big-time businessman. He’s worked for Fortune 500 companies (as the title tells you) and is a career coach at top schools. Plus, he has a TEDx talk. Their credentials push them beyond your typical Udemy course.

Few things are more impressive than having your own website. Buy a web address of [your name].com, and put it on your Twitter bio, Instagram bio, and business cards. Employers sometimes expect you to have a website, depending on your occupation. We wish a PDF would suffice, but sometimes you need a URL to help you get that IRL treatment.

This course will teach you how to buy a domain name and code a website, which sounds pretty daunting, but it's not as bad as it sounds since the program doesn’t require any experience. Five courses comprise this specialization, so this is only for those with free time. If you don’t have the patience for HTML, just get a Wordpress site or something.

Personal websites for business usually include a headshot, bio, and a portfolio of work. Writers will display favorite pieces they've written, but you can display awards or project renderings or whatever your career requires. This will set you apart and build a better personal brand, as conceited as the phrase “personal brand” sounds.