An hour long employability skills / careers lesson which was focuses on the best ways we can present ourselves to potential new employers, both in the interview and on paper. It also goes through how to write a cover letter for a job application.
This pack includes a detailed PowerPoint, information pack, differentiated activities, clips tasks with questions and a literacy / debate focus task. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow.
The lesson is in the ZIP file as it is large. The images have been uploaded to show a few examples of the slides in the lesson :)
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Applying for Jobs
PSHE / Careers mini unit of 6 lessons and a progress assessment sheet. These lessons were created specifically for the new Gatsby Standards Career guidelines. They all work as standalone lessons but also some of them are taken from the Complete KS5 PSHE Package - which can be found on the EC Publishing website with a quick Google. The EC Resources Complete Secondary PSHE 2020 KS3 / KS4 set is [available here.](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sre-bundle-11468644) All lessons include a well differentiated PowerPoint, detailed worksheets, information sheets, engaging activities, clips and accompanying question tasks. Many more PSHE Resources available at my store [here.](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources) Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children's Commissioner, The Bank of England MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our PSHE Packages here: [Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pshe-complete-ks3-pshe-11897912) [Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ks4-pshe-rse-12059669) [One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/one-year-of-ks5-pshe-12188834) [One Year of Citizenship and British Values](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/citizenship-citizenship-one-year-s-worth-11551737) [Complete Year 7 and 8 RE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/drugs-and-alcohol-11493122) [Complete Careers and Employability](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/employment-11488708) [AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/prejudice-and-discrimination-11363222) Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our [Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group,](https://www.facebook.com/groups/2069848026578974/) with 6000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Careers, Employability Skills
25 HOUR UNIT - For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines. <br /> <br /> All fully resourced lessons, well differentiated and highly rated 1 or 2 hour lessons suitable for secondary schools which can be used over both key stages - perfect to help you meet the new GATSBY criteria. Some of the lessons last two hours, all in all there is about 25 hours worth of teaching content.<br /> <br /> Pack includes - 20 x Powerpoints, 70 worksheets, well differentiated throughout, all with clips and LOs at three challenge levels:<br /> <br /> Includes:<br /> 1. Job interviews and preparation<br /> 2. What are employability skills?<br /> 3. Your skills and applying for suitable work<br /> 4. Payslips, income tax and national insurance<br /> 5. Equal opportunities in the worksplace<br /> 6. CVs - What are employers looking for?<br /> 7. Rights and responsibilities in the workplace<br /> 8. Preparing for Work Experience<br /> 9. Enterprise skills<br /> 10. Entrepreneurial skills<br /> 11. Enterprising personalities and qualities<br /> 12. Interpersonal skills<br /> 13. Communication skills<br /> 14. Using enterprising skills in the workplace<br /> 15. How do people succeed as entrepreneurs?<br /> 16. Workplace Skills - Conflict Management<br /> 17. Careers in STEM focus<br /> 18. How can we choose a career that's right for us?<br /> 19. What impact does our digital footprint have our futures and careers?<br /> 20. Why is Health and Safety important in the workplace?<br /> <br /> Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: <a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources">EC_Resources<br /> Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)</a><br /> <br /> Many more new Careers Resources and PSHE lessons on the EC Publishing website.
Independent Living + Careers
A unit of 16 x 1 hour long, fully resourced life skills / PSHE lessons with a focus on independent living, this pack is particularly suited to KS4 and has been prepared to fit the PSHE Associations KS4 topic of 'Living in the Wider World.' This could easily be used for KS3 or ASDAN too and everything is editable, so you can always change it to suit your classes if you like. All the lessons have been highly rated and reviewed by Tes users and I have always used these as Head of PSHE / Life Skills too. Variety of different level tasks for MA,LA or Core - Differentiated to 3 levels - Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for' Good' or above - Meets all Ofsted 'Safe Students' requirements. Many more inexpensive or free resources can be found at my store: [EC RESOURCES](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources)
Sixth Form / KS5 Careers
A complete unit of 17 hours of lessons (in 15 downloads) ideal for KS5 Careers / PSHE lessons as students start to focus more on their future options and career goals. The unit has been written to cover the Gatsby Guidelines for Careers and the PSHE 2020 DfE and PSHE Association KS5 content. Lessons include - detailed and well-differentiated PowerPoints, accompanying worksheets, clip tasks, active and teamwork tasks, personal employability and skills audit, and much, much more. **Includes:** 1) What are employability skills, how have we developed these at school and what would we like to work on? 2) Job pplications, cover letters, interviews and personal presentation. 3) What skills are employers looking for? How can we demonstrate that we are problem solvers? 4) Why is personal branding important? What if employers Google me? 5) Why are English skills important? Which jobs and careers can do do with these skills? 6) Why are Maths skills important? Which jobs and careers can do do with these skills? 7) Why are Science skills important?Which jobs and careers can do do with these skills? 8) How can I improve my work ethic and stay motivated - why do employers want to see these skills? 9) Personal Statement writing - How can we write excellent personal statements, for job applications or further education? (2 hours) 10) Why are our literacy and numeracy skills so important to future employers? How can we demonstrate these in our applications? 11) Why are our extra-curricular activities so important to future employers? How can we demonstrate these in our applications? 12) What are leadership skills? Why are they so valued and how can we demonstrate these? 13) What are apprenticeships? Are they for everyone? How do we apply and what are the pros and cons? 14) What kinds of careers and jobs are out there in an ever-changing world? Research lesson (no internet / computers needed). 15) Employability Skills - Computer Literacy focus. 16) Employability Skills - Initiative focus 17) Careers Progress assessment sheet (skills audit also included in lesson packs) Hundreds more free and inexpensive PSHE 2020, Tutor Time, RE, Citizenship GCSE RSE and Careers + Finance resources at our store: [EC RESOURCES](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources) EC Resources has created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, The CCRC and has completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.
KS5 PSHE - Wider World
New KS5 PSHE / RSE unit of 20 hours in 15 downloads. These lessons were created specifically for KS5 to fit with the newly released DfE guidelines categorised by the PSHE Association as the PSHE category 'Living in the Wider World'. They all work as standalone lessons but also make up part of the Complete KS5 Package (which can be found on the EC Publishing website with a quick Google). All lessons include a well differentiated PowerPoint, detailed worksheets, information sheets, engaging activities, clips and accompanying question tasks. Many more PSHE Resources available at my store [here.](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources) Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children's Commissioner, The Bank of England MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our PSHE Packages here: [Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pshe-complete-ks3-pshe-11897912) [Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ks4-pshe-rse-12059669) [One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/one-year-of-ks5-pshe-12188834) [One Year of Citizenship and British Values](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/citizenship-citizenship-one-year-s-worth-11551737) [Complete Year 7 and 8 RE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/drugs-and-alcohol-11493122) [Complete Careers and Employability](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/employment-11488708) [AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/prejudice-and-discrimination-11363222) You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our [Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group,](https://www.facebook.com/groups/2069848026578974/) with 6000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
KS5 PSHE - Careers
A complete unit of 18 hours of lessons (in 14 downloads) ideal for KS5 Careers / PSHE lessons as students start to focus more on their future options and career goals. The unit has been written to cover the Gatsby Guidelines for Careers and the PSHE 2020 DfE and PSHE Association content. Optional assessment template are included. Lessons include - detailed and well-differentiated PowerPoints, accompanying worksheets, clip tasks, active and teamwork tasks, personal employability and skills audit, and much, much more. **Includes:** 1) What are employability skills, how have we developed these at school and what would we like to work on? 2) Job pplications, cover letters, interviews and personal presentation. 3) What skills are employers looking for? How can we demonstrate that we are problem solvers? 4) Why is personal branding important? What if employers Google me? 5) Why are English skills important? Which jobs and careers can do do with these skills? 6) Why are Maths skills important? Which jobs and careers can do do with these skills? 7) Why are Science skills important?Which jobs and careers can do do with these skills? 8) How can I improve my work ethic and stay motivated - why do employers want to see these skills? 9) Personal Statement writing - How can we write excellent personal statements, for job applications or further education? (2 hours) 10) Why are our literacy and numeracy skills so important to future employers? How can we demonstrate these in our applications? 11) Why are our extra-curricular activities so important to future employers? How can we demonstrate these in our applications? 12) What are leadership skills? Why are they so valued and how can we demonstrate these? 13) What are apprenticeships? Are they for everyone? How do we apply and what are the pros and cons? 14) What kinds of careers and jobs are out there in an ever-changing world? Research lesson (no internet / computers needed). 15) Employability Skills - Computer Literacy focus. 16) Taking initiative- why do employers value initiative and how can we demonstrate 17) What are pensions and national insurance? Why do I need to think about saving for retirement at my age? Hundreds more free and inexpensive PSHE 2020, Tutor Time, RE, Citizenship GCSE RSE and Careers + Finance resources at our store: [EC RESOURCES](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources) EC Resources has created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, The CCRC and has completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.
KS5 PSHE Curriculum
NEW - 20 PSHE lessons designed for KS5 (but could be used by KS4 especially, Year 11 too), written as a KS5 continuation for the DfE's latest PSHE/ RSE guidance for 2020. There is also a 'One Year of KS5 PSHE' pack, which contains all these and more, [available here.](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/one-year-of-ks5-pshe-12188834) This unit is intended as a follow-up pack to the Complete KS4 PSHE Pack but still works perfectly as standalone without having completed those resources. These are new and don't appear in the EC Resources Complete KS3 / KS4 Packs. I'll be adding more as I make them! If you were looking for the **Complete KS4 Two Years of PSHE Pack**, then you can find that here. [Complete KS4 PSHE Pack for Years 10 and 11](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ks4-pshe-rse-12059669) If you were looking for the **Complete KS3 Three Years of PSHE Pack**, then you can find that here. [Complete KS3 PSHE Pack for 7, 8, 9.](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pshe-complete-ks3-pshe-11897912) This pack contains 20 x fully resourced, highly-rated PSHE lesson packs. All are complete with at least one hour-long PowerPoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and engaging activities and all are well differentiated to three levels throughout. EC Resources PSHE lessons have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to pick up and use. They are all planned according to PSHE Association guidance and created in preparation for the new statutory RSE guidance from the DfE. **EC Resources has created lessons for The Children's Commissioner, MACS Charity, The CCRC and has completed PSHE commissions for schools across the UK. ** These resources could also be used in Tutor Time, in which case there is enough material for 20x half an hour sessions (as some of the PowerPoints last 90 minutes). There is zero extra work required (although everything is editable if you do want to adapt it), and the whole bundle also follows specific KS4/5 PSHE Association topic recommendations and Ofsted latest RSE/Safe Students guidance. I also have a **ONE YEAR OF CITIZENSHIP **bundle (37 lessons) [available here.](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/citizenship-citizenship-one-year-s-worth-11551737) and I have a **ONE YEAR OF RE** bundle (36 lessons) [available here:](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/general-elections-bundle-11594240) and finally a **ONE YEAR OF KS3 HISTORY **(36 lessons) [available here.](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/martin-luther-king-and-civil-rights-11521303) Many more inexpensive and free resources for each secondary year group at [my shop:](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources)
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The teacher-tutor package resource bundle, comprising of a whole range of Careers & Employability Skills teaching & learning materials, is very informative and is very much in-depth. This resource bundle is incredibly valuable & superbly enlightening, and can be a terrific asset for the academic practitioners, as well as for the entire Curriculum. This brilliant resource bundle is vital for engaging all learners, with different learning needs & learning styles, and for driving them to achieve success in Employability Skills. This is an excellent quality resource bundle, immensely rich with subject-related information, very useful for planning, delivery & assessment of Employability Skills study programme, which has been received exceedingly swiftly, with very many grateful thanks, great value for money, and with sincerest appreciation. (Review comments written by Srabanti Ray, on Sunday, 30/07/2023 PM; this item was purchased online, earlier tonight).
Perfect resource to start my y10's off before we start cv's etc in september thank you
Thankyou for the resource, really appreciated.
I can't wait to use this. Thank you!
Really useful resources
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