Employability Programme

1. Youth Hub – Employability Skills
Session Two

2. Course Timetable
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Job searching online
How to use social media effectively
What to do and what not to do
Skills and qualities
Why are they important?
How do you demonstrate these to employers?
CVs and covering letters
Tips and tricks
How to tailor to online job adverts

3. Course Timetable
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
Online applications
How to write an effective online application
Giving examples of skills using STAR
Interview preparation
How to prepare for interviews
Online vs face to face
Extra short qualifications
Creating an action plan to support you to move onto your
next steps

4. Initial Assessment
Thinking about the content of the sessions I would like
you to complete a short form to identify how confident
you feel about each topic.
By completing this form, it will help me to give you more
personalised support throughout the sessions.
Think about what you identified as wanting to achieve
from this course and turn it into a goal.
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5. Have you completed…
Task one
Have a look at your social media profiles and make
notes of anything you may think may push
boundaries slightly or cause a company to have
second thoughts about you.
Extension – find an example that highlights some
questionable opinions and or/behaviour

6. ……..
Task two
Look for jobs boards and pages on Facebook, Twitter
and LinkedIn and make note of what you found useful.
Be prepared to share them with the group next week.
Some to get you started:
Facebook
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/lancashireonlinejobs
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/JobsInLancashire
Twitter
Search for @JCPinLancashire

7. What is a……
SKILL QUALITY

8. Skills and Qualities
A skill requires learning,
often acquired through
specialist training and
knowledge. It can be
loosely defined as the
‘what’ we can do well
A quality, on the other
hand, is more about
‘who’ we are as a
person; a distinctive
attribute or
characteristic
possessed by someone
or something.

9. What are
transferable skills?
Transferable skills are a core set of skills and abilities,
which can be applied to a wide range of different jobs and
industries. They're usually developed over time, and can
be gained from previous positions, charity or voluntary
work, your hobbies, or even just at home.

10. Meet Saniya, Clara, Charlie and Advik. They all worked as
Cabin Crew members but due to the pandemic the airline
they worked for was required to make some cuts and now
they’re out of a jobs!
What skills will they have developed in their job within the
travel industry, that can transferred into another role?

11. Knowledge of
legislation/policy
e.g.
Equality and
Diversity
Health and Safety
Customer
Service
Communication
and listening Teamwork
Working
under
pressure
and
flexibility
Attention to
detail
Time keeping
and
organisation
Enthusiasm
and
personability
English
and
Maths

12. What is a SWOT Analysis
A SWOT matrix is a framework for analyzing your
strengths and weaknesses as well as the
opportunities and threats that you face. This helps
you focus on your strengths, minimize your
weaknesses, and take the greatest possible
advantage of opportunities available to you

13. SWOT Analysis
Weaknesses
• Not worked in different fields outside
of the travel industry
• Not updated CV for a long period of
time
• Not applied for a job or had an
interview in numerous years
Threats
• Pandemic impacted travel industry
job roles
• Increased number of people
applying for roles advertised
Strengths
• All transferable skills highlighted
in previous slide
Opportunities
• New roles created from pandemic
(e.g. NHS)
• Changes to working practices (e.g.
working from home)
• Courses available to support with
confidence and skills (e.g.
updating CV)

14. Today Tasks
Task One
Moodle – You will be sent a login and a guide on
how to log in. Familiarise yourself with this platform
Task Two
Complete the ‘Exploring skills and attributes’ Task