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CVs and Interview Skills

Write a CV that will get you to interview

Preparing yourself for the interview itself

The specific learning outcomes are not grouped into units.

The following specific learning outcomes are:

<?xml:namespace prefix = o />· Distinguish between different ways of working.

· Carry out a survey about different types of work and working life.

· Identify some ideal qualities of employers and employees.

· Identify possible sources of work in the locality.

· Determine his/her own personal strengths and weaknesses which are relevant to working life.

· Identify possible careers that would suit his/her own skills, qualities and interests.

· Make an application, real or simulated, for a job suitable to his/her own interests and capabilities.

· Take part in a simulated interview for a chosen job.

The specific learning outcomes are not grouped into units.

· Identify sources of information about work opportunities in the locality.

· Investigate workplaces and work opportunities in the locality.

· Produce a profile of provision for training and education in the locality.

· Investigate one locally-available training programme.

· Identify workers’ rights and responsibilities.

· Interpret a sample pay slip.

· Identify some changes which people have to cope with during their working lives.

· Identify ways of coping with unemployment.

· Find out about some different forms of support available from the Department of Social Welfare.

· Identify sources of information on work opportunities in other countries.

· Evaluate sources of career information.

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