Week
Wk 1
Wk 2-
Orientation
Pre-training assessment
Job search
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Learning needs diagnosis & setting up short term and long term goals
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Students’ Job search needs analysis
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Where to find job ads
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Where to find a job
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Reading a job ad
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On line job search (Computer room)
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House rules, e.g. mobile off
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Identify job
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Get to know students - name /learning needs /existing skills / dream jobs / what job matches their career goals and salary range / future plans
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Complete needs analysis worksheets and discuss
- personal strengths and interests
- goals and a plan for achieving them
- people and/or agencies who can assist
- strategies for dealing with obstacles
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10699NSW course information and assessment guidelines
-Job application
-Plan to research information for a purpose
-Conduct the research product
-Develop the research product
-Review the research process
-Job interview
-Identify a range of communication technologies that support job seeking and researching employment opportunities
-Use required technology to access employment information and job vacancies/opportunities
-Respond to digital and online employment information to apply for a job
-Plan to communicate using ICT tools and communication equipment
-Use ICT tools and communication equipment to communicate
-Evaluate effectiveness of communication using ICT tools and communication equipment
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Brainstorm - where to find jobs: newspaper, internet, Centrelink, word of mouth, cold call, or walk in, etc.
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Read “Georgiou's Story”
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Get to know how to use resources and technologies
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Quizzes
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Language study: word study Job, work, employment, career, vocation
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UoC name/s and UoC no/s:
NSWTCOM208B Organize and complete a job application and interview NSWTTCH201B Read and respond to text in digital and online contexts
NSWTPLG301B Research information for a purpose NSWTTCH203B Using technology to search for a job
Lesson Topic Content Activities & Exercises Resource
. At Work in
Australia
(brown)
Introduction: p
13- 15; Unit 6 p 111-116)
. Current newspaper job ads
. On line job sites and links
Assignment &
Assessment
Worksheets:
- Complete needs analysis and goals setting worksheets
- Set up own portfolio (folder)
- Keep the needs / goals worksheet in the portfolio
Homework:
-Get a copy of current Sydney
Moring Herald
- Get access to TAFE computer and to internet
- Set up an email account
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On line job search
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Do quizzes on job search on the class wikis site: www.kogarahnews.
wikispaces.com
At Work in Assignment:

3
Wk
4 - 5
Wk 6 -Match skills to a potential job
-Use required technology to access employment
-Identify own employability skills
-Respond to digital and online employment information to apply for a job
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Identify own:
 work experience
 knowledge
 training
 education
 skills
 job needs
 health skills and strategies – let your next job find you
Identify a range of communicati on technologies that support job seeking and researching employment opportunitie s search skills
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Networking
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Read newspaper ads - language features and grammar
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Read on line job ads - language features and reading strategies
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Understand assessment details
Job search Search skills
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Identify job search network
- family / friends / neighbors / school / churches / sports / local business / community / Tell everyone
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How to read and analyze job ads
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Abbreviations
● A cronyms
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Look at hidden meanings
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Jobs vs training
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Wages vs commission
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Types of jobs: F/T, P/T, casual, etc.
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Knowledge and skills in using job search technology including doing internet search
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Skills to read and interpret information presented in a range of formats
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Quizzes
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Choose 3 job ads to work on
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Read possible jobs for Sam and Olga, discussing
-advantages and disadvantages
-duties, responsibilities and rights
-skills and interests
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Choose 3 job ads to work on & discuss them with teacher
16 job seeking mistakes
Australia
(brown) Unit 6 p 111-116)
. Current newspaper job ads
. On line job sites and links
. video
-Bring in own resource to begin looking at for next week to analyze
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Choose 3 job ads to work on: newspaper, internet, job centre
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Present the three potential jobs to the class, analyzing advantages and disadvantages
- Complete job analysis worksheets and keep them in own portfolio
. At Work in
Australia
(brown) Unit 6 p 117-120)
.On line resources
. At Work in
Australia
(brown) Unit 6 p 117-120)
.On line resources
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Complete own ads choices and keep them in the portfolio folder
- NSWTTCH 203B online job application and cc Teacher a copy
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Summary of own skills
- Keep the summary in the portfolio for reference in resume writing
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information and job vacancies/op portunities
Wk 7 Job search skills
Wk 8
Wk 9
Job seeking skills & strategies
Job seeking skills & strategies
Understand resumes and begin to compose own resume
-Write a resume for a job
-Plan to communicate using ICT tools and communication equipment
-Use ICT tools and communication equipment to communicate
-Write a job application covering letter
-Use ICT tools and communication equipment to communicate
 time/family commitment
 location
 interest
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Skills summary in pairs, group, and class
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Convert the skills into a structured form
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Brainstorm: why resume
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Read text about newer resumes style
Look at models of different styles for different purposes
Sam Olga
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What to include
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What not to include
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Resume layout
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Write a workplace email, e.g. apply for a job - modeling and practise
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More examples on line
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Compare Sam and Olga’s resume models
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Class: Skill summary of one student and then turn the summary into a resume
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Group work/pair work
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Write a resume for one particular job
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Draft an email job application text and show it to teacher
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Teacher checks ss resumes
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Process in word doc
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Review models
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Continue writing own resume
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Feedback on resume writing
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Brain storm the use of covering letters
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Modeling text and deconstruct the text
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How to structure a covering letter
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What to cover
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At Work in
Australia
(brown) Unit 3 pgs 35-41
On line resources
Assignments:
- Research and identify resumes formats
- Complete resume quiz
- Write a workplace email
At Work in
Australia
(brown) Unit 3 pgs 44-45
On line resources
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Begin to organize a portfolio including 3 job ads, job analysis, resume
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Resume draft 1 due
-At Work in
Australia
(brown) Unit 3 and Unit 8
-On line resources www.
Youthcontact.
- Resume draft 2 due
- Write a covering letter

Wk 10
Wk 11 Job interview skills
Wk 12
Job seeking skills & strategies
Job interview skills
Prepare a portfolio which should include:
- Own learning needs and goals analysis
- 3 job ads
- job analysis sheets
- a resume
- a job application covering letter
Interview skills
Job interview skills
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How to express your intention
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Use models and analyze models of covering letter
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Work sheets
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Make sure all understand and are working on their portfolio
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Write own covering letter
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Check second draft of covering letters
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Send a job application email to your teacher attached with your job application covering letter and resume
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Listen to the video and answer comprehension questions
● group practicing interview questions
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Hints from the real world
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Collect assessment portfolio
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Interview skills
● match questions and answers
● identify key words
● prepare answers to common questions
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Watch interview modeling on DVD
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Practise interview questions in pairs vic.gov.au
On line resources www.
Youthcontact.
vic.gov.au
Class wikis
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Covering letter draft 1 due
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Check portfolio
Interview video
At Work in
Australia
(brown) Unit
10 189-192
DVD
On line resources
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Covering letter draft 2 due
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Check portfolio
- Prepare interview notes
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Email job application covering letter, resume, job description to
Teacher
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Wk 13 Job interview skills
Job interview skills
Wk 14 Job interview skills
Job interview skills
 gathering information about the organization and position
 clarification of time and place
 appropriate personal presentation
 effective listening, responding and questioning
 preparation of suitable answers to probable
 questions appropriate verbal and non-verbal
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Interview skills
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Interview questions
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Identify key words
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Possible answers
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Practise in groups, using set qs
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Feedback from 1st draft of assessment
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Email 2nd draft of covering letter, resume and job description to teacher
(part of assessment)
●Job interviews
●Feedback
-Strengths
-Areas need improvement in the application and interview process
-Strategies for improvement
-Interviewees' self-awareness
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At Work in
Australia
(brown) Unit
10 189-192
Interview panels
Interview timetable
Portfolio
Face to face one on one simulated job interview

language.
Wk 15 Workplace practice
Wk 16 Workplace practice
Wk 17 Job seeking skills and strategies
Supervising at students' work site
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Interview feedback
- Work experience report
Update resume and covering letter
Supervising at students' work site
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Evaluation of job seeking process, reviewing all aspects:
- writing a job application covering letter
- writing a resume
- using job interview skills
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using knowledge of relevant emerging technologies to search and apply for a job
- using skills to read and interpret information presented in a range of formats
● self evaluation in groups: what I did well, and what I could improve
● completing assessment
Wk 18 Course evaluation and conclusion
Discuss how to use the portfolio in own job application
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Revision
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ET course evaluation
-content
-teaching approaches
-delivery structure and presentation
-activities and resources
-effectiveness of communication using ICT tools and communication equipment
OH&S form completed by the employers
OH&S form completed by the employers
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Complete the portfolio
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Future education and training pathways in TAFE
- Post the final covering letter and resume on class wikis for future reference and as model texts for new students
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Final results
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