Personalised Skills Analysis, CV & Job Interview Preparation

Course details

To offer guidelines for job-seekers on how to evaluate their individual strengths, establish a job-seeking plan of action, make job applications and prepare for the all important interview.

Course Outline:

Day 1: My Personal Skills Set

• Self-evaluation exercises
• Get to know my own personal skills set.
• Training and Personal Development Plan
• Sourcing jobs.

Day 2 Interview preparation:

• Selling yourself and your skills-set.
• Composing a two-minute autobiography
• 8 Qualities employers are looking for.
• Questions you will have to answer.
• Personal presentation.
• Questions to ask.
• Interview pitfalls and how to handle them.
• Personal job-seeking fears: ‘No-one will want to hire me because…!’

Day 3: Job Applications

• Preparing the CV and adapting it to suit a particular vacancy.
• Covering letters and application forms.