Free skill-building courses and certificate prep from Google.
In plain terms: This website offers flexible online training and certificate programs in fields like IT, data analytics, and cybersecurity. You can take self-paced courses to learn practical AI skills, prepare for interviews, and qualify for entry-level jobs.
From the site: Grow your career or business and gain essential AI Skills with Google Career Certificates or other online courses and trainings from Grow with Google.
Why I recommend it: A low-risk way to test whether a new field actually interests you.
Free short course covering the foundations of large language models, generative AI concepts, and responsible AI principles. No coding experience required.
Why I recommend it: Start here if AI still feels like a black box. About an hour, and it gives you the vocabulary to follow every other course on this list.
Google Cloud's overview of 10+ AI tools with free usage tiers, from video and vision AI to app building. Requires a Google Cloud account; usage past free limits is billed.
Research page of labour economist Kory Kantenga, with papers on labour markets, hiring and how technology changes work.
Why I recommend it: Academic papers — skim the abstracts first. Some linked journal versions may be paywalled; working-paper versions are usually free.
Google's agentic development platform: a full IDE, CLI, and SDK where agents can drive your editor, terminal, and browser to complete end-to-end tasks. Uses Gemini 3.
Why I recommend it: Free in public preview with rate limits — Google has not announced future pricing. Not supported for enterprise customers on the IDE. If you want to try agent-first coding without paying up front, this is currently the fullest free option.
Google's image generation and editing model, built into the Gemini app. Free tier has daily usage limits; paid Gemini plans raise them.
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Why I recommend it: Best of the free image tools for editing a picture you already have rather than starting from nothing — useful for slide graphics and profile images.
A Google Labs experiment that builds a short, finite set of personalised daily stories from the Google apps you choose to connect — an easy way to see what "personal" AI actually feels like. Free with a Google account in the U.S.
Listings and requirements for Google's engineering and technical internships, with timelines for when applications open each cycle.
Why I recommend it: Internship cycles open earlier than most people expect. Check this monthly and apply the week a posting appears rather than waiting for a deadline.
Google's hub for student-facing engineering and technical roles, including apprenticeships, early-career programs, and eligibility details.
Why I recommend it: Bookmark this page rather than a single job link. Google rotates postings constantly, and the student hub is where new apprenticeship and early-career openings surface first.
Free, no-signup AI practice tool that asks common interview questions across multiple job categories, including non-technical fields, and gives basic feedback.
Why I recommend it: One of the few AI interview tools that is actually free and not built only for coding interviews. Good for warming up your voice before the real thing.
Google Workspace tool for generating and editing images with Google's AI models, useful for slides, social posts, and simple brand visuals.
Why I recommend it: Details: good enough for headers, thumbnails, and pitch-deck visuals without hiring a designer. Always disclose AI images when a client asks.
Free Google tool that maps your experience to possible career paths and the skills each one needs.
In plain terms: This free tool uses artificial intelligence to analyze your work experience and skills. You can use it to discover new career paths and see what skills you need for them.
From the site: An AI-powered tool to help you uncover career potential and analyze your skills to suggest new career paths.
Why I recommend it: Use this when you cannot name what you want next. It turns a vague feeling into job titles you can research.
Google Threat Intelligence and Mandiant document a May–June 2026 ShinyHunters campaign exploiting CVE-2026-35273 in Oracle PeopleSoft Environment Management. The report says Google notified more than 100 potentially exposed organizations, 68% in higher education, and provides investigation, remediation, and hardening guidance.
Google's own free documentation for Apps Script, the JavaScript-based scripting language built into Google Workspace. You write code in a browser editor at script.google.com and automate Sheets, Docs, Gmail, Drive, Forms and Calendar — for example pulling job-application data into a Sheet, sending a templated follow-up email, or generating a document from a form response. The docs include quickstarts, per-service reference, triggers (time-based and event-based), and web app deployment. No install, no server, no card needed: a free personal Google account is enough. Daily quotas apply (for example a limited number of emails and script runtime per day) and a few features are Workspace-account only.
Why I recommend it: The cheapest real programming win for most people I coach: if you already live in Sheets and Gmail, Apps Script lets you automate the repetitive part of a job hunt or a small business without paying for Zapier or hosting anything. Start with a quickstart, not the reference. Two honest limits — the free quotas are generous for personal use but will stop a high-volume mailing, and scripts you copy from the web can read your whole Drive and inbox, so read the permission screen before you click Allow.
A free Google Cloud OnAir session on CodeMender, an AI agent that scans, verifies and fixes software vulnerabilities with developer review.
From the site: Discover CodeMender: the AI agent that autonomously scans, verifies, and fixes software vulnerabilities at machine speed, enabling rapid remediation with complete developer control.
Details: Free to attend, but you need to sign in with a Google or email account to register. It is Google presenting Google's own product.
Free search across academic papers, theses and citations, with links to full text where it is public.
From the site: Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.
Why I recommend it: The fastest way to check whether a claim in a news article traces back to an actual paper. Set an alert on a topic and it will email you new work.
Rolling calendar of free online workshops, AI sprints, and founder sessions run by Google for Startups, covering product, fundraising, marketing, and building with Google AI tools.
Why I recommend it: Check this page monthly. The sessions are free, recorded often, and the AI ones are practical for small teams.
No-cost and discounted Google products for eligible nonprofit organizations, including Google Workspace, Ad Grants for search advertising, YouTube nonprofit features, and Google Maps credits.
Why I recommend it: If you run or volunteer with a registered nonprofit, the Ad Grant alone is worth the paperwork. Check the eligibility page for your country before applying.
Google's regional programs to train entry-level talent for data center trades such as construction, carpentry, electrical systems, and fiber-optic cabling, delivered with state and local partners in data center communities.
In plain terms: This program offers short-term training in skilled trades like construction and fiber optics near Google data centers. You can gain hands-on technical skills, earn industry certifications, and connect with local employers for entry-level jobs.
Why I recommend it: Availability is regional. Check whether Google operates or is building near you, then look for the local partner college or workforce board.
Paid, full-time apprenticeships at Google lasting roughly 12 to 24 months, across Data Analytics, IT Support, UX Design, Software Engineering, and Project Management. Built for people with less than a year of experience in the field who do not hold a related degree.
In plain terms: This program provides paid, full-time apprenticeships in fields like data analytics, software engineering, and project management for people without a related degree. You can explore open roles and apply to gain hands-on career training over 12 to 24 months.
Why I recommend it: No degree in the field is the point here, not a disqualifier. Pick one track and build two small projects in it before the window opens.
Sep 18, 2026CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, UC Berkeley
Application to join UC Berkeley CITRIS's Tech Policy Working Group: research lab-style weekly meetings, lightning talks, skill-building workshops, and an end-of-semester showcase for students working on a technology policy problem. Applications close 11:59 PM Friday, September 18, 2026.
Why I recommend it: No policy coursework required, and the deadline is September 18. Built for Berkeley students, but they invite others to email — worth one message if you want real policy research on your resume.
Google's 2026 retail marketing playbook on how AI search is changing holiday shopping, with consumer behavior data, channel guidance, and campaign checklists for the peak season.
Why I recommend it: The numbers in here are the argument for rethinking how customers find you. Even if you run a one-person shop, chapter one is worth your afternoon.
Google Scholar profile listing Geoffrey Hinton's papers in citation order — backpropagation, dropout, AlexNet, t-SNE and the rest of the deep learning canon.
From the site: Emeritus Prof. Computer Science, University of Toronto - Cited by 1.089.325 - machine learning - psychology - artificial intelligence - cognitive science - computer science
Why I recommend it: The single best index of the papers that made current AI work. Sort by year to see the ideas arrive. Scholar blocks automated visits, so the picture may be a screenshot.
