6: Employability and Personal and Professional Development Planning

This stand includes 5 Modules leading to the Certificate in Employability and Personal and Professional Development Planning

  • Employability with personal and professional development planning
  • Job seeking administration and record keeping skills
  • The art of writing letters, applications and CVs
  • Interview skills
  • Developing networking and communication strategies

Module 1: EMPLOYABILITY WITH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

  • Defining employability
  • Exploring personal and professional development planning
  • Skills profiling
  • Employment aspiration outlining

Instrument of Assessment

  • Essay

Outcome

  • A greater understanding of the terms of employability, personal and professional development planning
  • Confidence to market yourself to a future employer

 

Module 2: JOB SEEKING ADMINISTRATION AND RECORD KEEPING SKILLS

  • Identifying job sources
  • Establishing a record management system
  • Understanding what you need to know and information you nee to keep

Instrument of Assessment

  • Production of a record management system
  • Brief essay

Outcomes

  • Making job seeking a job
  • Having your own record management system
  • Becoming a pro-active job seeker

 

Module 3: THE ART OF WRITING LETTERS, APPLICATIONS AND CVs

  • The art of “power writing”
  • Exploring a variety of letter and style usage
  • Application form filing skills
  • CV writing

Instrument of Assessment

  • Production of a list of “action” words
  • Demonstrating new enhanced skills by producing a letter, completed application form and CV to support a job advertisement

Outcomes

  • Having a current CV
  • Enhanced communication skills
  • Heightened possibilities of employment

 

Module 4: INTERVIEW SKILLS

  • Exploring types of interviews
  • Non-verbal communication skills
  • Dressing to impress
  • Considering interview questions

Instrument of Assessment

  • Successfully completing a video interview questions

Outcomes

  • A stronger chance of success at next interviews
  • Enhanced confidence

Module 5: DEVELOPING NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

  • Exploring the importance of networking
  • Identifying who is in your network
  • Developing your communication strategies
  • Writing an online profile
  • Designing a business card

Instrument of Assessment

  • Writing a networking strategy
  • Writing a communication strategy
  • Writing an online personal profile
  • Producing a business card

Outcomes

  • Enhanced communication skills
  • Being more aware of your existing network
  • Increased business opportunities