1. Certificate in Employability Skills L1

2. Overview
Unit 431 – Developing Personal Confidence Unit 408 – Searching for a Job Unit 462 – Applying for a Job Unit 404 – Effective Communication Unit 407 – Interview Skills Unit 402 – Managing Personal Finance Unit 411 – 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:
Match your personal skills and requirements to job vacancies
Be able to research suitable job 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: Be able to create a CV
Be able to complete an online and offline job application form
Be able to apply for a job online
Be able to create a covering letter

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:
State the information you need to prepare for an interview
Research company information to take to your interview
Prepare to travel to your interview
List the key considerations when preparing for an interview
Describe and demonstrate key interview skills
Attend a mock interview
Know how to prepare a presentation for an interview

9. Managing Personal Finance
You will:
Create a budget plan to track your finances
List the types of products offered by financial institutions
Describe ways of reducing expenditure
Describe the pros and cons of borrowing money
List organisations that give free financial advice
Understand the impact of Universal credit

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
Identify methods of making team decisions
Describe a method to avoid conflict within a team
Plan to work towards a team task
Complete and evaluate a team task

11. Certificate in Employability Skills L1