Communication Skills are essential if you want to get a new job.
In this section we will do a range of activities to help you to refresh and develop your skills.
Some of the main activities we will do include:
Communications Skills
- Introductions & an informal interview
- Communication and why it is important
- The Aliens – and what they found out about “you earthlings”
- Communication theory – “the rules of the game”
- Communication Skills
- Talking – informal, a little more formal and FORMAL
- Writing – informal, a little more formal and FORMAL
- Listening – with purpose
About Jobs & Job Search
- About Jobs
- What is a job? From an employers perspective …
- Why would I want one?
- What will it cost me?
- Job Search
- Finding a job opportunity
- Applying for a job – throwing the mud …
- Application practice
- Forms, letters c.v.’s and all that stuff
- Applying for a job and maximising your chances of getting “the Interview”
Interviews and next steps
- Interviews
- Interview practice, stay on your guard, never assume
- Now you’ve got it
- Do you want it?
- Getting ready for it
- Starting it
- Keeping it!