Employability Unit

Resoures included within this pack:

• Powerpoint on job searching
• Activities around ways to search for jobs and evaluating these
• Matching own skills to jobs
• Analysing job adverts
• CV template
• Covering letter template
• Interview questions and template
• Witness statement
• A unit tracking sheet that covers the following criteria

1. Identify a job that they would like to apply for, by:
   • Listing different ways to search for a job
   • Identifying Pros and cons of job searching methods
   • Researching to find an appropriate job advert

2. Identify the skills and qualities required for the job

3. Identify own skills and qualities that would make them suitable for that job :
   • Link to job advert
   • Link to job description
   • Link to person specification

4. Plan steps towards making a successful job application including identifying:
   • An appropriate format for the application
   • Relevant information to include in the application
   • Who to check the application with before submitting it

5. Check accuracy and submit a mock / formal application

6. Prepare to attend an interview, including identifying:
   • Questions that the interviewer might ask and appropriate answers
   • Relevant experience/information that it would be useful to communicate to the interviewer

7. Present information about themselves at an interview responding to questions with relevant information and using appropriate language

8. Use feedback to review their performance and state what they would do differently in the future