Certificate in Employability Skills L1

Overview

Unit 431 – Developing Personal Confidence

Unit 408 – Searching for a Job

Unit 462 – Applying for a Job

Unit 404 – Effective Communication

Unit 407 – Interview Skills

Unit 402 – Managing Personal Finance

Unit 411 – 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. Match your personal skills and requirements to job vacancies

2. Be able to research suitable job opportunities

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

4. Search for job vacancies and alert systems

5. Describe the key features of a job advert

Applying for a Job

You will:

1. Be able to create a CV

2. Be able to complete an online and offline job application form

3. Be able to apply for a job online

4. Be able to create a covering letter

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 SkillsYou will:

1. State the information you need to prepare for an interview

2. Research company information to take to your interview

3. Prepare to travel to your interview

4. List the key considerations when preparing for an interview

5. Describe and demonstrate key interview skills

6. Attend a mock interview

7. Know how to prepare a presentation for an interview

Managing Personal Finance

You will:

1. Create a budget plan to track your finances

2. List the types of products offered by financial institutions

3. Describe ways of reducing expenditure

4. Describe the pros and cons of borrowing money

5. List organisations that give free financial advice

6. Understand the impact of Universal credit

Working as Part of a Team

You will:

1. State what is meant by the term team2. Give an example of a successful team3. List different types of team4. List different team roles5. List the factors that make a team effective6. Give the benefits of team working7. Identify methods of making team decisions8. Describe a method to avoid conflict within a team9. Plan to work towards a team task10. Complete and evaluate a team task

Certificate in Employability Skills L1