This week at READY: 21 guided editions and 7 new free courses

A recap of verified releases from November 2–8, 2026.

During November 2–8, READY expanded the learning catalog with 21 additional guided editions and seven new Free Training courses built around practical work samples.

The new courses are Excel for Beginners, Canva for Beginners, Power BI for Beginners, SQL for Beginners, Python for Beginners, Digital Marketing for Beginners and Prompt Engineering for Work.

Across the courses, learners practice creating a checked workbook, a clear design artifact, a first BI report, a reconciled SQL report, a CSV automation, a fictional campaign plan and a privacy-aware AI workflow. Each public course overview is available now. Lessons and protected downloads require a free verified READY account.

The courses do not automatically award a certification or vendor credential, guarantee a job outcome, or activate new reward, certificate, community or live-AI benefits. Those boundaries are deliberate. The aim is useful guided practice that a learner can explain honestly.

On November 2, READY activated 21 additional guided editions, bringing that release to 25 offerings across Free Training and Career Pathways. Premium access still applies to paid Pathways.

For a closer look at the first three courses, read Introducing Free Excel, Canva, and Power BI Courses for Beginners.

For SQL and Python, read Learn SQL and Python for Free: Two Practical Courses for Job Seekers. It explains how the projects help you check a query or script, account for difficult records and describe the limits of your result.

More context for your next career step

Two new resources look beyond the tools. How to Become a SOC Analyst introduces the work and practical preparation for a cybersecurity role. AI Is Showing Up in More Job Postings in Every Country We Tracked examines Indeed’s AI Tracker and explains the limits of what job-posting mentions can tell us.

The new READY Press page brings together public background and resources for people writing about READY.

A place to see what is happening at READY

The updated READY Community page brings together a weekly welcome, a founding-mentors link and three Career Paths. Career Path learning is included with Premium. The welcome is not a performance ranking.

Logged-in members also have a new weekly section on Home, with recent releases and eligible newcomer links alongside their existing learning.

Pick one useful task for this week

Choose the course closest to a skill gap in your target role. Work through a lesson, attempt the practice task and write down one thing you checked or corrected. Label fictional practice honestly. When you want a broader role-based sequence, explore Career Pathways; READY Certifications are separate assessments, not automatic awards for finishing training.