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Professional Development Resources to Advance Your Career at Northwestern

Northwestern offers a wide range of learning platforms and growth opportunities designed to support staff at every stage of their careers. Whether you’re looking to sharpen technical skills, build leadership capacity, or explore new areas of expertise, these resources are excellent places to start.

LinkedIn Learning

As a staff member at Northwestern, you can enjoy full access to the entire LinkedIn Learning library—thousands of courses covering leadership, technical skills, communication, project management, and more. Access is integrated seamlessly through myHR Learn, and courses can be taken anytime, at your own pace. You can also receive personalized recommendations based on your role, interests, and skill goals. Find details and steps to access LinkedIn Learning.

myHR Learn

myHR Learn is the University’s centralized hub for training and professional development, and your one-stop destination for building skills and advancing your career at Northwestern. It provides:

  • Registration for workshops and courses across the University
  • Automatic enrollment in required compliance training
  • Personalized playlists of curated learning resources
  • Progress tracking for your development goals

 Explore learning resources available to you through myHR Learn.

EDUCAUSE

EDUCAUSE provides higher education IT professionals with a robust set of resources, events, and learning pathways. Staff can benefit from:

  • Professional pathways for leadership, cybersecurity, teaching and learning, and IT management
  • Learning Labs led by higher education experts will help you create a plan to apply the concepts and strategies from the Lab while providing feedback and advice. Review the list of upcoming Learning Labs and reserve a seat.
  • Leadership seminars on a variety of topics, including a series on Leading AI Adoption, beginning on February 2
  • The annual EDUCAUSE Conference, offering sessions, workshops, and networking (2026 conference runs September 29 through October 2 in Denver, with an online portion October 14–15)

Visit the EDUCAUSE website for a full list of conferences and events.

Technical Conferences (2026 Highlights)

Attending technical conferences is an excellent way to stay ahead of emerging technologies, hear from industry leaders, and build your professional network. A global list of major tech conferences (including GITEX, Web Summit, AWS re:Invent, Dreamforce, and Mobile World Congress) offers perspectives on innovation, cloud technologies, security, and emerging digital ecosystems. Review the complete list provided by Elaxtra Advisors.

Additional Resources at Northwestern

The Office of Human Resources website includes an entire section on growing your professional skills. The pages offer tools for developing your career, learning resources, training options, information on degree and certificate programs, and more. Visit the site to learn more about growing your professional skills.

The Kellogg School of Management offers online learning programs on a variety of topics, including Data Strategy for Generative AI Platforms. See the full list of online learning offerings.

The School of Professional Studies offers online and on-campus professional development certificate programs in analytics, project management, finance, and more. Winter registration is now open. View courses and register.

Whether you’re exploring on‑demand courses through LinkedIn Learning, managing your development goals in myHR Learn, engaging with IT‑focused offerings from EDUCAUSE, or expanding your expertise through Northwestern schools and global conferences, a wide range of resources is available to support your career at every stage.