Certificate in Employability Skills EL3

Overview

Unit 431 – Developing Personal Confidence

Unit 308 - Searching for a Job

Unit 323 - Attitudes and Values for Personal Development

Unit 306 - Applying for a Job

Unit 304 – Effective Communication

Unit 307 - Interview Skills

Unit 302 – Personal Finance

Unit 311 – Working as Part of a Team

Your Learning

The Certificate in Employability Skills is delivered over 10 days.

Your learning will be delivered by:

• the tutor• e-learning• group activities• completing workbooks that will be used as evidence

for the qualification

Developing Personal Confidence

You will:

1. Identify confident behaviours

2. Review your own confidence

3. List your personal achievements

4. State the importance of transferable skills

5. Identify your personal strengths

Searching for a Job

You will:

1. Identify personal strengths needed for learning and work

2. Say what your personal job goals are

3. Identify employment and learning opportunities

4. State where to find information and key facts about jobs

5. Search for job vacancies and alert systems

6. Describe the key features of a job advert

Applying for a Job

You will:

1. list different methods of applying for jobs

2. describe how to apply for a job online

3. complete a job application

4. describe the key uses of a CV

Effective Communication

You will:

1. Identify and demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication techniques

2. Describe confident, assertive, passive and aggressive behaviours

3. Define and give examples of positive and negative feedback.

Interview Skills

You will:

1. List the key considerations when preparing for an interview

2. Describe and demonstrate key interview skills

3. Prepare and undertake a mock interview

Personal Finance

You will:

1. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of borrowing money.

2. Understand the advantages of saving money.

3. Understand why it is important to keep personal financial information secure.

4. Have an overview of Universal Credit and how it will affect you

Working as Part of a Team

You will:

1. State what is meant by the term team

2. Give an example of a successful team

3. List different types of team

4. List different team roles

5. List the factors that make a team effective

6. Give the benefits of team working

7. Plan to work towards a team task

8. Complete and evaluate a team task

Certificate in Employability Skills EL3