ACTIVITIES
Term 2
January
Week 15: One to Ones &
Preparing for Employment and Your Next Levels of learning
One to Ones continued
It is really important that in the first three weeks of Term 2 that all personal tutors make time within classes for a one to one catch up with all learners. This one to one should cover:
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Grades and information from the December reports
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Progress being made
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Targets to help learning move forward and to keep you motivated to achieve and get the best possible results.
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Whilst undertaking one to ones all learners can follow the work below:
It's a New Year and a great time to start thinking about your next steps.
A good first step to way to getting a job is to have any type work experience related to your vocational course. This could be unpaid or a part time job.
Plan your future and look at jobs in your local area with our Coleg Cambria Career Coach website
1. Do you know your skills?
Many jobs want you to have experience and a basic set of skills. You need to be able to talk and demonstrate these confidently. So start thinking and developing this now:
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Make a list of all the technical skills you have learned so far on your course.
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Add the skills you have which would make you a good employee... think about 'softer' skills like:
punctuality, friendliness, reliability.... discuss these as a group and watch this video
2. How can you show off your skills to employers?
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Discuss as a group how you can do this
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Why not start developing a blog or a google site to evidence the skills you are developing? You can add pictures / photo evidence and reflect on the skills you are learning and how they can help you find employment. You add your research and things you'd like to achieve, and when you go for a job, you can show/ share this with the employer...
Here are some platforms you could use:
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Pinterest is highly visual and enables you to make visual boards to evidence your creations and skills development.
Instagram gives visual and social media functions and is a popular choice for posting pictures
Google communities can help you connect and share ideas
Discuss why you need to take care with using Facebook and other social media sites for evidencing employment and skills
Think about: tagging photos, mixing private friends photos and posts with your professional profile