Employment and Employability

Gaining Employability Skills and Finding Employment• It is hard! • Invest time now• Look at what you have achieved so far. What gaps do you

need to fill?•You will need to be:

• Pro-active• Enthusiastic• Adaptable• Inventive

Curriculum Vitae

Skills and attributes are a key area – not just a list but also a description of how you achieved them.

E.g. Excellent time management skills – along side my college studies I am also involved in……… but have never missed a deadline.

To help know what skills are needed for the job – use the National Careers Website - Job Profiles/skills

Employers also want to see all qualifications passed with grades – not 5 GCSE’s A-C (9-1)

How can young people develop these skills?

- Part-time job

- Work experience

- Volunteering

- Pursuing hobbies

e.g. the arts, IT-related, sporting activities,

environmental, travel, foreign language, reading

How can young people develop these skills?

- Young leader

- Community projects

- Involvement with a range of people

(e.g. in terms of age, nationality, disability)

- Devise timetables for revision/ College coursework deadlines

Sources of Information

National Careers Service – nationalcareers.service.gov.uk

NGTU - notgoingtouni.co.uk

Success at School - successatschool.org/advice/employability-skills

UCAS.com

Apprenticeships.gov.uk

Professional body websites

Company websites – Yell.com to find a list of businesses in the area

Apprenticeships/ Traineeships

•Apprenticeships – an employer will provide training that will gain a nationally recognised qualification.

Apprenticeships.gov.uk

•Higher Apprenticeship/Traineeship - an employer will provide training and qualifications at Level 3 and above. Some will sponsor the employee through a degree others offer a package where the employee can gain equivalent qualifications to a degree.

Notgoingtouni.co.uk/Essex apprenticeships/ UCAS.com/ Apprenticeship website or Company websites e.g. Barclays Bank, John Lewis, BT etc.

Company Websites – type the name and careers

National Careers WebsiteJob Profiles

Information about the jobSkills needed

Further places for information

www.nationalcareers.service.gov.uk

Professional body websites

Government publications – GOV.UKhigher-and-degree-apprenticeship-vacancies

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-and-degree-apprenticeship-vacancies

Labour market-Essex

Finance

Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering

ConstructionLogistics

Care Health

IT, Digital and Creative

Don’t Forget!Build employability skills into everything you do:◦Summer Jobs◦Volunteering◦Solve a problem – Write it down!◦Promote yourself◦University options – Year in industry or Study Abroad