Headlight: Literacy.
Lesson 9:
Employability Special:
Dream Job - Lesson 1
Aims
• Look at tips on how to get your dream job.
• To understand your employability skills.
• To understand how you can develop these
skills, including in other aspects of your life.
• Be able to create a job specific CV.
Dream Job Top Trumps
• Top Trumps is a card game.
• Each card contains a list of numerical data, and the aim of the game
is to compare these values in order to try to trump and win an
opponent's card.
• A wide variety of different packs of Top Trumps have been
published.
• Today we are playing Dream Automotive Job Top Trumps.
• There are over 160 different Automotive Jobs…these are some of
the coolest!
• You will then pick one of these jobs to over the next two lessons
write a CV, Cover Letter and Mock Interview for.
Tips on finding your
Dream Job
Tips on how to find your dream job:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Know who you are, and not just your name.
What are your favourite interests?
What skills do you possess?
Are you cheerful, bubbly and a people-person?
Do you love to get your hands dirty or create projects?
Spend an hour in a private place, or get together with a
friend. Talk about the things you love. Write them down,
and analyse them when you're done. See if you can put
together an idea.
How work ready do you feel?
Take a few minutes to do this…
Employability….how to be
employable!
•
•
•
•
•
•
What do you think are The Top 10 skills are that employers are looking for in
new employees?
1). VERBAL COMMUNICATION: Able to express your ideas clearly and
confidently in speech.
2). TEAMWORK - Work confidently within a group.
3). COMMERCIAL AWARENESS: Understand the commercial realities affecting
the organisation.
4). ANALYSING & INVESTIGATING: Gather information systematically to
establish facts and principles, plus the ability to problem solve.
5). INITIATIVE/SELF MOTIVATION: Able to act on initiative, identify
opportunities & proactive in putting forward ideas & solutions.
Employability….how
to be employable!
•
•
•
•
6). DRIVE: Determination to get things done. Make things happen &
constantly looking for better ways of doing things.
7). WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: Able to express yourself clearly
in writing.
8). PLANNING & ORGANISING: Able to plan activities & carry them
through effectively.
9). FLEXIBILITY: Adapt successfully to changing situations &
environments.
10). TIME MANAGEMENT: Manage time effectively, prioritising
tasks and able to work to deadlines.
Skills/Qualities for CV’s, Applications and Job Interviews…which
ones are you? Think, or ask a friend/Teacher.
Able
Innovative
Adventurous
Analytical
Motivated
Assertive
Competent
Confident
Patient
Creative
Practical
Diplomatic
Punctual
Efficient
Resourceful
Experienced
Successful
Flexible
Thorough
Healthy Trustworthy
Imaginative
Independent
Adaptable
Knowledgeable
Mature
Calm
Capable
Outgoing
Outstanding
Co-operative
Persistent
Dependable
Professional
Effective
Reliable
Enthusiastic
Self-motivated
Fit
Tactful
Hardworking
Honest
Willing
Accurate
Intelligent
Ambitious
Articulate
Open-minded
Organised
Methodical
Consistent
People-oriented
Dedicated
Productive
Dynamic
Quick thinking
Energetic
Responsible
Fast
Supportive
Friendly
Trained
Versatile
Loyal
Writing a CV:
• Curriculum Vitae translated from Latin means ‘life
history.’
• A document containing information about you:
• Personal details (name, address, telephone numbers, email
address).
• Personal profile - opportunity to ‘sell yourself.’
• Education history (schools attended and subjects passed).
• Employment history (work exp. and part time jobs).
• Hobbies and outside interests (eg membership of
clubs/societies, voluntary work, sporting activities).
• References (need 2 - teacher and current/last employer).
What is a CV used for?
• A marketing document designed to persuade a prospective
employer to offer you an interview for a job.
• You can use it to:
• Send with a covering letter when applying for jobs.
• Send to employers when making ‘speculative job
applications.’
• Act as a prompt during telephone interviews.
• Act as an aid when filling in job application forms.
CV Example:
David Smith
30 The Road
Sometown
Shire
AA1 1AA
Home Tel: 012345 459076 Mobile Tel: 07777777777
E-mail address: davidsmith@email.com
Personal Profile
I am a hard working and motivated person. My attendance record at school was excellent and I
was always punctual. I am skilful with my hands and have a methodical approach to work. I work
well as part of a team or on my own initiative. I am well organised and accurate. Ideally I would
like to work towards a work-based qualification.
Education
Any School Left June 2013
GCSE’s obtained:
Maths (C), English Language (C), English Literature (D),
Science (C), Double Science (C) Design Technology (C), PE (D), RE (D)
Employment / Work Experience
Jan 2013 – present Corner Shop, Sometown
(Saturdays) Part-time General Assistant.
My duties include: filling shelves and helping customers to find goods.
Work Experience
Parker and Son’s Garage, Sometown
June 2013 (1 week)
Tyre Fitter
Duties included: Removing the wheel/s from the vehicle and releasing the air from the tyre/s.
•
Removing the tyre from the wheel using specialist equipment.
•
Fitting a new tyre and inflating it, ensuring it reaches the correct pressure for the vehicle.
•
Replacing the wheel if necessary.
•
Making detailed checks for nails and cracks especially on larger, heavier vehicles.
•
Advising customers of legal requirements to replace tyres, and assessing the vehicles’ needs.
•
Recording the work carried out.
Hobbies & Interests
•
I own my own motocross bike and enjoy riding it and fixing it.
•
I am a member of a fitness club and play for my local football team.
•
I also enjoy mixing my own music and do DJ sessions at a local venue.
References
The Headteacher
Sometown School
The Road
Sometown
Shire
AA1 1AA
The Manager Park and Son’s
The Avenue
Sometown
Shire
AA2 2AA
CV Template
CV Template
CV templates: http://www.totaljobs.com/careers-advice/cvs-and-applications/which-cv
Types of CV
• Speculative CV’s are sent to employers who you assume might
have a vacancy.
• For eg: You are looking for part-time retail work, so you drop your
CV into all the shops in your local shopping centre and hope they
have a vacancy and will consider you.
• Targeted CV’s are written specifically to apply for a particular job
that you have seen advertised.
• You must also include a Covering Letter with your CV.
CV Tips:
• You need to back up what your are saying in your CV, rather
than giving out clichés.
• A person might be exceptionally hard-working, a better way of
wording it would be: “Finishing a project with extremely tight
deadlines required me to work at weekends to get it finished'.
• This gives people some evidence about your
conscientiousness.
• So avoid clichés, tailor your list of achievements to the job
description.
• Give real examples around your achievements, anything that
makes you stand out. Include things you are passionate about,
such as hobbies that highlight some of your skills.
CV Task:
• Create a targeted CV in application for one of the Top Trump
Dream Jobs or if you have used Find Your Dream Job tool on
Autocity-World of Work and have a job you like on there apply
to one of these. http://www.autocity.org.uk/world-of-work
• Try and include some of the top 10 skills employers look for.
Success Criteria for
a CV
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Make sure it is 1-2 pages long.
Make sure your CV is honest and factual…no lies!
Be clear, concise and SPELL CHECK!
Be neat, typed if possible and to the best standard you can achieve in content and layout.
Be positive, it should emphasise your achievements, strengths and successes.
Personal details including name, address, phone numbers and e-mail address.
Personal Statement this is an opportunity for you to tell the employer what a valuable employee
you would be. For example hardworking, flexible, confident etc (use some of the top 10 skills
employers like).
Work experience, always list the most recent first as this tells the employer what you currently do
and how it may relate to the job being advertised. Briefly describe the job and try to include some
specifics about the job such as, the ability to work in a team, working to tight deadlines, the ability
to complete work in manufacturers specified time etc.
Education. Provide brief details of qualifications gained and at what level – GCSE, NVQ, A Level
etc. Also include any specific skills such as IT or relevant training courses.
Hobbies and interests.
References. It is usual to provide the names and contact details of two referees. One of your
most recent employers and one may be a close friend or other previous employer.
Make improvements:
GGB
•
•
•
•
Now work in you’re pairs to improve your CV’s.
What is Good?
What is Great?
What could be Better?
Tips on developing job skills:
• Employers, Colleges and Universities look at you on 3
levels:
• 1). Qualifications (English, Maths, Science, ICT etc).
• 2). Work Experience – Was it work relevant?
• 3). Extra Curricular Activities/Hobbies (Sport, Dance,
Drama and Music).
• You need to be strong across all three to be competitive
for jobs, or Uni or College places.
Tips on developing job skills:
• Work experience is an excellent way to build on work
skills.
• Try and make any placements you do count.
• Set them up yourself (for when you do them at school or
college or in the summer holidays).
• Try and get them in an industry or job role that interests
you and helps you build your relevant work skills.
Tips on developing job skills:
• Other ways to build your skills can include:
• Volunteering http://vinspired.com
• Hobbies/Extra curricular activities (e.g. sport,
drama, music or dance).
• Part-time work.
• School (debates, organising events, youth
parliament, young enterprise or
Duke of Edinburgh).
Aims
• To understand your employability skills.
• To understand how you can develop these skills,
including in other aspects of your life.
• Be able to create a job specific CV.
Homework: Research
• Get an idea of what you want to do work wise in the
future/research your top trump dream job, read up on it…
head for the library, or surf the internet.
• Read as much as you can about your career choice/top
trump dream job. Use the information we discovered today
about your skills etc and think how you will develop them.
• If you decide you chose wrong, analyse your skills again.
• Talk with a parent, friend, or teacher or tutor about what
they think.
• Useful Websites:
•
•
https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobfamily/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.autocity.org.uk/world-of-work