CV WRITING
Employability: Session 8
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OVERALL OUTCOME
LESSON OBJECTIVES
Gain an understanding of all aspects of a CV and leave with or be prepared to bring a final version in time for the following session.
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GENDER LENS
Girls have different challenges from boys when entering the job market. The most common challenges for young women are: lower levels of education and skills, Childbearing and domestic/care responsibilities, lower self confidence, limited access to key assets (money, land…), gendered labour market segregation, limited mobility
Common barriers for young men are: Higher pressure to be breadwinner, perceptions of young men as idle or criminal, negative peer influences, armed recruitment and demobilization, insecurity and violence
During the sessions, it is important to adopt a gender lens. This means that you try to include gender topics where you see fit.
In discussions: you can add a question on the difference between men and women, boys and girls.
Participation: Make sure women also participate in activities and feel safe to voice their opinions during sessions.
Motivational speakers: make sure to invite female mentors and/or speakers so that girls in the course can relate to them
In sum, wherever you can, address issues that women face in particularly, such as harrasment, discrimination on the job market or in specific male-dominated sectors based on gender, ..
DIGITAL LENS
During the sessions, some activities aim at strengthening the participants’ digital skills, more specifically:
Adapted online activities for remote teaching: Some activities have been adapted so they can be facilitated online, using Skype, Zoom, Teams and Google Slides or Google Docs, or include embedded videos and online tools.
Digital peer support: Some activities can be done digitally whereby digitally more skilled or advanced students can be paired with Ya student who needs support when doing a digital activity.
TODAY’S ACTIVITIES
Introductions of
Participants
and Coaches
Workshop on Job
Applications
Identification of your Skills/
Elements of CVs
Importance of
References
Workshop on CV Writing
Recap: Key
Messages &
Workbook
Assignment
Introduction game
Introductions of participants and coaches
Then fold it up and don’t show it to anyone
Write down a brief story of yourself (2-3 sentences) - it has to be true but it can be strange or funny!
Each time 3 people come to the front of the class, I will collect their card, then read one story randomly.
Can you guess whose story it is?
Workshop on job applications/cover letters
Workshop on job applications/cover letters
Open your workbooks and/or job applications as assigned during previous session.
Listen to the coach:
“What a good job application looks like”
Workshop on job applications/cover letters: group work!
Workshop on job applications/cover letters
Take 20-30 minutes to share, review, and edit your job application and cover letters from the workbook with your assigned coach and peer group.
Workshop on job applications/cover letters: group work!
Workshop on job applications/cover letters
Questions?
Identification of your skills/elements of CV
Identification of your skills/elements of CV
Can you remember the Big 5 skills employers are looking for?
Can you remember the top 5 personal skills employers are looking for?
Identification of your skills/elements of CV
Identification of your skills/elements of CV
I have worked part-time for two years. My boss and colleagues would give me a good reference.
I have helped in a family business including the accounting.
I wrote articles for my school newsletter
I can speak, read and write two languages.
I am/was a member of a student representative council and/or any charity organisation
I listen/watch the news every day
Elements of a CV/ Resume
Identification of your skills/elements of CV
Heading
Achievements
Education and qualification
Additional skills
Employment experience
References
Hobbies and interests
Optional extras
Elements of a CV/ �Resume: insert localized example (or yours)
Identification of your skills/elements of CV
Elements of a CV/ �Resume: example
Identification of your skills/elements of CV
Workshop on CV writing
Workshop on CV writing
Fill out your information in the CV template in your workbook.
Meanwhile compare the example CVs together with your coach!
Workshop on CV writing: digital
Workshop on CV writing
Students who are familiar with Word or Canva (www.canva.com): there are some nice resume templates that you can use. Try it out! Then ask a peer to help you.
Importance of references
Importance of references
Who you spoke to during the network assignment as well as previous
teachers, professors, and employers…
… are all potential references.
Importance of references
Importance of references
Listen to the speaker:
“The importance of references in
finding a job, placing them on your CV, how to notify your references in advance and get their permission, and what the choice of reference says about the participant as a candidate.”
Importance of references: workshop
Importance of references
Finalize the reference section of your CV in your workbook
Recap of Today
Activity!
Stand in a circle
Throw the ball to someone.
That person shares which part of a CV do they feel is most important and why.
Key message of today
Decide as a group on the 3 key messages of today! Write them in your workbook
Preparations for next week
Workbook assignment
Fully complete CV and/or improve it before the next session (including references)
• Based on the job/internship they found which they would like to apply for, they should add two or three sentences to the Optional Extras section of their CV by adding a bit of information and motivation about themselves which would be appropriate for this job/internship
Questions?
Tip!
Let’s use whatsapp group(s) to ask or answer questions and share knowledge and resources!
For Trainers: