PERSONAL AND TIME MANAGEMENT
Employability: Session 10
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OVERALL OUTCOME
LESSON OBJECTIVES
Participants are better able to manage their personal and work lives, including their time, efficiently and effectively both in preparation for finding a job as well as in the workplace.
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
Image
of the
hour
KWL
Chart
Time Management
Skills
Running
Dictation
Review/Finish
KWL chart
Ranking exercise and
personal commitment
Personal Reflection &
Workbook Assignment
Energizer: Image of the hour
Image of the hour
Instructions
KWL chart
KWL chart
What do you Know about preparing to find a job (think also preparing for applying and interviewing)? | What do you still Want to know about the job preparation process or about what it’s like to have a job/internship? | What did we Learn about personal and time management (this is done at end of day’s session)? |
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Time management skills: group work
Time management skills
Peter has been looking for a job for 3 weeks. He spends about 2 hours per week on this. That includes talking to people (networking), job searching, and applying to advertisements. He has not been invited for an interview yet. The rest of the week he has classes and homework, spends time with his family, has to work with his father 1 day per week, plays football with friends, and he sleeps a lot during the weekend.
It’s now Monday. Peter saw 2 new jobs posted on the Friday before that he would like to apply for, but he didn’t start on them over the weekend. He has to write a job application letter for both and submit that along with his CV. Both applications are due by Friday noon. Peter is aware that 1 of his applications can be delivered in person but another one has to be sent. Peter set a reminder for Thursday at 9:30am to make sure that his application letter for the one position was posted in time.
The next two days Peter spent most of his time in classes, on homework, and spending time with friends. On Tuesday night he ran into a friend that he hadn’t seen in a long time. They planned to meet on Friday morning to catch up. On Wednesday, Peter spent some time on the job applications but he didn’t finish either one because he was invited to play football.
Time management skills: group work
Time management skills
On Thursday morning, Peter woke up early to finish the first job application but his father called and really needed help at work. Peter couldn’t say no, so he rushed to finish the application, without updating his CV, and posted it on the way to meet his father. Helping his father took longer than intended and when he arrived home that evening, he was really tired. He decided to again wake up early to finish the other application and drop it off at the company, just after meeting up with his friend.
He did wake up early on Friday morning and finished a very nice application letter, but he did not have time to update his CV. Regardless, he put it all together and went to meet his friend. While with his friend, they were talking so much that Peter lost track of time and at 11:30am he rushed out the door to go deliver his job
application.
In the process, his papers become folded up and did not look very professional. He arrived and delivered them at 12:10pm to the company. The front desk assistant accepted it because it was only ten
minutes late.
Time management skills: group work
Time management skills
Do you think Peter is spending enough time on his job search?
What are ways that he managed his time in a
good way?
What are some mistakes that Peter made with his time
management?
10 tips for time management: running dictation
Running dictation
Who remembers how the running dictation activity works?
10 tips for time management: Q&A
Running dictation
10 tips for time management: Q&A
Running dictation
Personal commitment: ranking exercise
Ranking exercise and personal commitment
week.
Personal commitment: ranking exercise
Ranking exercise and personal commitment
Remember Peter from the story above? Which tips could you give him?
Personal commitment: ranking exercise
Ranking exercise and personal commitment
Insert your personal tips for time management here : use examples of tools you use, tips and tricks you adhere to...
Handy online tools : Google Calendar
Ranking exercise and personal commitment
Can you help Peter plan better using Google Calendar? How would you plan according to the scenario?
Personal commitment: discussion
Ranking exercise and personal commitment
Are there any tips that you don’t find relevant to you? Why is that?
Do working women face more time management challenges than men? Why? What would help them to balance work and private life?
Personal reflection: workbook activity
Personal reflection
If we want to change our behavior and become better at managing time… we first have to sit back and take a look at our time management...
Recap of Today
Activity!
Stand in a circle
Throw the ball to someone.
That person shares which tip from today was the best piece of advice and why?
Preparations for next week
Workbook assignment
Day 2 of the Activity Log will need to be finished and Day 3 will be completed about tomorrow. Look at the questions that follow the time log in your workbooks and make sure you understand these. Fill these in after you have filled in your time log for all 3 days.
KWL chart: wrap up
Review
What do you Know about preparing to find a job (think also preparing for applying and interviewing)? | What do you still Want to know about the job preparation process or about what it’s like to have a job/internship? | What did we Learn about personal and time management (this is done at end of day’s session)? |
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Wrap up discussion
Review
Which goals that you have right now are more important or time- sensitive than others?
How can you re-prioritize your current commitments to make sure you can achieve this goal at the right time?
Key message of today
Set goals that are achievable.
Organise and prioritise time between personal life, school life, work life and family life.
Plan, manage your time and tasks by completing them by the due date.
Never wait to do something important at the last minute.
Stay positive and have confidence in your work.
Being organized and on time = being professional.
Questions?
Tip!
Let’s use whatsapp group(s) to ask or answer questions and share knowledge and resources!
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