Employability Skills and CV Writing (50 - 60 mins)
This lesson is aimed at equipping students with the knowledge and skills to write their own CV, identify their current skills and where they need to develop.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this lesson learners should be able to:
- Identify the skills most employers in all occupational areas require the most (employability skills)
- Know how you can evidence your skills and present this information to employers
- Explain what CVs, application forms and cover letters are, the differences between them and what purpose each serves
- Understand what should and should not be included as well as how to present a CV
Resources:
- Lesson Plan
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Worksheets x 2
- Handout
Prior to making these resources available, schools will need a to provide a signed Data Sharing Agreement and student cohort data (documents and support to complete will be provided to schools on receipt of the resource request). Registers of students who participated in the lesson to be returned to LiNCHigher within 1 week of the lesson taking place. This is to enable reporting of student engagement with the Uni Connect project regulators, the Office for Students.