1. Certificate in Employability Skills EL3

2. Overview
Unit 431 – Developing Personal Confidence Unit Searching for a Job Unit Attitudes and Values for Personal Development Unit Applying for a Job Unit 304 – Effective Communication Unit Interview Skills Unit 302 – Personal Finance Unit 311 – Working as Part of a Team

3. 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

4. Developing Personal Confidence
You will:
Identify confident behaviours
Review your own confidence
List your personal achievements
State the importance of transferable skills
Identify your personal strengths

5. Searching for a Job You will:
Identify personal strengths needed for learning and work
Say what your personal job goals are
Identify employment and learning opportunities
State where to find information and key facts about jobs
Search for job vacancies and alert systems
Describe the key features of a job advert

6. Applying for a Job You will:
list different methods of applying for jobs
describe how to apply for a job online
complete a job application
describe the key uses of a CV

7. Effective Communication
You will:
Identify and demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication techniques
Describe confident, assertive, passive and aggressive behaviours
Define and give examples of positive and negative feedback.

8. Interview Skills You will:
List the key considerations when preparing for an interview
Describe and demonstrate key interview skills
Prepare and undertake a mock interview

9. Personal Finance You will:
Understand the advantages and disadvantages of borrowing money.
Understand the advantages of saving money.
Understand why it is important to keep personal financial information secure.
Have an overview of Universal Credit and how it will affect you

10. Working as Part of a Team
You will:
State what is meant by the term team
Give an example of a successful team
List different types of team
List different team roles
List the factors that make a team effective
Give the benefits of team working
Plan to work towards a team task
Complete and evaluate a team task

11. Certificate in Employability Skills EL3