Employable skills

1. Employability Skills
Session One

2. Teams meetings
• We encourage you to keep your mic on so you can participate
in discussions, if you have a noisy background, please mute
and use the chat box!
• We like you to keep your camera on – please let me know if
there is a reason you can’t
• If you do want to ask any questions you can also use the chat
pane
• Blur your background and put your camera on.
• Type any questions and/or use the ‘hands up’ buttons in the
chat pane
–details of how to use these features were sent in your
introduction email.

3. Group Expectations
What rules do you
think we should have
during our sessions?
If you haven’t already, use the Padlet link on Moodle to complete this.

4. Teams meetings
• Confidentiality – In our session, everything said is
confidential, as you may share some experiences. Please do
not share personal details on Teams.
• Behaviour – please don’t swear or use offensive language
• Tolerance and Respect – The opinions of others may
not match yours, so it is important to understand that everyone
is entitled to their voice. Please respect others and their right to
speak.
• Prevent – You will receive the Prevent handbook in your pack
after the live session. Some of our activities will relate to this
area, so please make sure that you read it.

5. Course Objectives
Identify where to look and apply for work, researching companies
and employment opportunities
Define and discuss transferable skills and qualities
Create and update suitable job application documentation such as
covering letters and CV writing.
Complete online and paper-based application forms
Identify how to prepare well for an interview to perform confidently
and successfully
Develop a plan of action to move forward into learning, volunteering
or employment

6. 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

7. 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 and Next Steps
Creating an action plan to support you to move onto your
next steps.

8. Introductions
1. What do you
want to get out
of the course?
2. What is your
ideal job?
3. A random
fact about
yourself.

9. Initial Assessment
If you haven’t done this yet, you will find the link on
Moodle.
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.

10. What goal/s did you set?

11. Lesson Outcomes
1. Use the internet to find and apply for work, researching companies
and employment opportunities
2. Describe what to do and what not to do when using social media to
look for work

12. Job Searching
1. Where do
you look for
jobs?
3. How much effort do you put into
using different sites to job search?
Rate yourself between 1 and 5. 1 = little effort,
5 = maximum effort
2. Do you
check social
media for job
listings and
opportunities?

13. Social Media and
the Hidden Jobs
Market

14. LinkedIn

15. Twitter

16. Facebook

17. Tips for Social Media
1. Follow or like
organisations/companies
2. Set up job alerts 3. Be mindful of your
digital footprint

18. Social Media Profiles
1. What is a
digital
footprint?
2. How can
social media
impact our
employment?

19. Katie Hopkins
Jack Maynard
Azealia Banks
James Arthur PewDiePie
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44302767

20. Jack Maynard
Jack Maynard pulled out of I'm A
Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in 2017
after just three days in the jungle.
The YouTube star, who has 1.4 million
followers, left after a series of tweets -
most of which dated from 2011 to 2013 -
were published in the Sun while he was
in Australia.
It emerged that as well as racist and
homophobic tweets, Jack had also asked a
14-year-old fan to send him nude pictures
on his Facebook account.
Maynard later apologised saying he was
"young" and "careless" when he sent the
posts, adding: "Don't put anything online
you wouldn't say to your mum."

21. PewDiePie
The Swedish YouTube star used the N-
word in one of his videos in January 2017
and was accused of anti-Semitism later in
the same month.
As a result, Disney announced in February
2017 they would cut ties with PewDiePie -
real name Felix Kjellberg - who at the time
was the world's highest-paid YouTuber.
He was also dropped from the Google
Preferred advertising programme, and his
YouTube Red series was cancelled.
The Swede later apologised for using the
racial slur during a video live stream,
saying he was an "idiot", but defended
himself against claims of anti-Semitism,
saying the comments had been taken out
of context.

22. Social Media Profiles
The next page shows you a screen shot from a
Facebook Profile.
If you were an employer using the internet to
research candidates for the job you have
advertised, what parts of this profile would be a red
flag?
Please note that this profile was created purely
for this task and is completely fictitious

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25. Today Tasks
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

26. Today Tasks
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
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/

27. Questions?
Holly.fairburn@nelsongroup.ac.uk