Applying for a job - CV and letter of application or completing an application form!

Good Morning year 12

When applying for a job you will always need to request the:

JOB DESCRIPTION  This gives you the 

• details of the job role and 
• the day to day tasks of the job
• location of the job
• hours you need to work per day or per week 5/7 - full time or part time
• responsible for !
• responsible to !
• rate of pay and 
• other responsibilities

PERSON SPECIFICATION  This is a list of the essential and desirable:

• skills that you have
• qualifications that you have
• experience that you have

A template of a job description and personal specification can be found here

For those of you who have requested the above for a job role then that might be a place to start and think about to see what they look like.  Once you have read these you can then start to put the information that you wish to share about yourself so that you can get shortlisted for the interview.

OPTION 1
Some organisations like schools will want you to fill in an online or written application form. 

OPTION 2
Other jobs will expect you to send in a letter with a CV.  Today we will look at the application form and create a CV so that you have collated all the information about yourself to put on it.

This will be a very useful document for anyone looking to apply for a FULLTIME or PART TIME JOB in the future.

The following slide presentation maybe useful for refreshing your understanding about what goes into a CV and what a good or a bad one looks like! You can also download a blank template below if you are really stuck!

CV Writing                                                     CV Template

Assessing my skills and turning my weaknesses into strengths

Good morning year 12

Today we will look at the skills that you have developed to date.



Skills can be broken down into HARD SKILLS such as being able to READ or TYPE a letter
and you can count these and measure them accurately.  These are often minimum skills 
required to carry out a job role.



SOFT skills are more elusive and intangible.  These are the personality traits that are part of 
your character for example you might have a pleasant sounding voice to which people relate.  
Soft skills are usually qualities that are difficult to measure.



The skills audit below will allow you to assess all your soft and hard skills.  We can then focus 
on turning your weaknesses into strengths 'skills audit'



Once you have done this then you could consider putting a training plan together so 
that you can take action to develop your skills for future employment opportunities. 



Your 'training plan' could be created on this document.  It is a list of things you would like to do 

to turn your weaknesses in to strengths !  It is these skills that will relate to a potential job role 
and allow you to be successful when applying for it as you will often be asked to give evidnceof 
how you can demonstrate your skills!

Opportunities to develop your skills 

Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme

Young Enterprise Company programme

Methods of summarising your skills and experiences

CV's

Personal Statement

Good luck and enjoy.  See you next week.



Mr T

Potential job roles...

Good morning Yr 12

Period 2 today we will look at potential jobs that you might like based on an online assessment of your likes and dislikes.

You will be asked approx 50 questions on practical things that you have to express an opinion on.

This software will then generate some possible job choices that you can consider and that you can have a look at.

If you answer another 55 questions that will slim down the choice of jobs but hopefully recommend jobs that you may be even more excited about.

Click here once you have read the above to set up your account.

The license code that we will be using today to open your account is ideanews52

For those thinking about a career that needs a degree from university these two websites may be of some help.  Prospects and Aim Higher You might also think about taking advantage of the in school ADVIZA career service on a Thursday!


Period 3 today we will start to put some logic to your career development plan.  This will start with you thinking about doing a SWOT analysis on yourself.  A SWOT analysis is all about:

Strengths - can you speak more than one language?
Weaknesses - do you still struggle to speak and write in English?
Opportunities - have you made great progress and are looking likely that a GCSE and A-level pathway is for you?
Threats - are you still struggling to pay the bills, and access learning at a higher level.

My Career Development Plan

It might be a good idea to have a career plan.  This is based on three little questions:

Where are you now?
Where do you want to be?
How will you get there?

This template will help you collate both the SWOT analysis and your career pathway. Download your copy and serve it to your user area

There are also a number of industry-specific websites which have useful career information if your chosen career pathway is not on this list I am sure that we will find the professional association that relates to it for example:

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants http://www.acca.co.uk/

The Chartered Institute of Marketing http://www.cim.co.uk/

Chartered Institute of Personal Development http://www.cipd.co.uk/

The Law Society of England and Wales http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/  

Quality Improvement Agency http://www.sflqi.org/
Institute of Hospitality http://www.instituteofhospitality.org/
Teacher Development Agency can be found here and the department for education website here
Financial services were regulated by the FSA but this has been dissolved following the banking crisis and now two further organisations have evolved.  The Financial Conduct Authority FCA and the Prudential Regulation Authority run by the Bank of England click here

I hope that you have found these last two lessons useful and I look forward to working with you next week.

Enjoy

Mr T