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Employment Workshops

These sessions are fun, informal, educational and informative. You will receive information in the form of handouts to take away at the end of each session and there are lots of opportunities to ask questions and share ideas.  

 

Effective Job Searching
During this workshop we consider company culture, changes in the way employers look for their staff, analysing job adverts, matching skills to the vacancy and transferable skills.

Application Forms
If you are stuck every time you apply for a job vacancy via an application form then you will find these sessions very useful. They are packed with examples and suggestions on how to fill these forms in correctly and hopefully save you time and frustration. Areas covered are differences between CVs and application forms, thinking in advance, presentation of the application form and how to send it.

CVs
A CV workshop will help you improve or develop a CV yourself. Topic areas covered are layout and presentation, identifying your skills and preparing a good personal profile.

Accompanying Letters
Find out how to lay out an accompanying letter and what to say so you stand a better chance of getting the interview. Areas covered at the session are do’s and don’t’s when preparing an accompanying letter, layout and presentation and what to write.

Interview Techniques
Very useful if you have not been for an interview for some time or have not experienced an interview in the UK. The sessions are full of relevant information that can help you perform better in an interview situation. We consider the whole of the interview process and cover topics such as planning, pre-interview, at interview and after interview.

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