Staff Notes
ICT is required for this lesson – if this is not available please print out a hand out for students to write out the information for the CV and set as home work to complete as typed.
An online template is available to all students here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tLM9mIKEptcbhWsa9uqLsTLUjOSLGKms/view?usp=sharing students will need to make a copy for themselves.
If you wish, you can set this up in a google classroom as an assignment for students to have their own copy. A template for this to reuse can be found in the Life Development Resources Google Classroom
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Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Future Aspirations: Creating your CV
What we’re doing . . .
Topic: Future Aspirations Lesson 3
This lesson:
By the end of this lesson you should be able to:
Identify: What is a CV? What kind of things do people include on them?
Describe: three things you think an employer would look for on a CV.
Explain/Evaluate two reasons why a CV may get overlooked or thrown away compared to a successful candidates’.
What we’re doing . . .
Topic: Future Aspirations Lesson 3
This lesson: To understand what employability is and why employability is important
By the end of this lesson you should be able to:
Identify what would improve or worsen a persons employability in the eyes of employers
Describe what applicants could do to improve their chances in gaining job interviews and securing employment.
Explain/Evaluate why some applicants would be picked over others by putting yourself in the position of the employer.
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Future Aspirations: CVs
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Future Aspirations: CVs
This lesson we are going to make a start on writing our CVs. Before we get going some reminders:
Too little info . . . Unprofessional layout
Too much info . . . 30 second glance . . . It’s going in the bin!
CV Writing
By the end of this lesson, each of you needs to have produced your own CV. Your CV must include:
Your personal contact details –
Address, phone number, SENSIBLE email address
Your education history –
Expected GCSEs for each subject, results, any additional qualifications
Past work experience -
Place, address, details of what you did and skills acquired
Extra-curricular activities –
Instruments played, sports teams played for, clubs you're a member of, D of E Award,
any other positive achievements
Personal Qualities –
A bit about you, are you hardworking? Reliable? A team player? A great communicator? An IT expert?
References –
A reference from Head teacher/ Head of Year and one other (could be from a past employer)
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Future Aspirations: CVs
Hints and Tips before you get started…
Check your email address, is it appropriate? – ilove5sossomuchiwanttomarrythem@gmail.com
Check spelling and grammar! – 70% of CV’s are rejected due to spelling mistakes!
Make sure you have the correct telephone number!
Don’t lie.
Tailor your CV to suit the job/course you are applying for.
Completed your CV?
Your task this lesson is to do some preliminary research for our next couple of lessons.
Task 1: Find out what the Equality Act 2010 is and how this supports people in the workplace.
Task 2: Research the NUS https://www.nus.org.uk/ find out who they are and what they do. Write a paragraph to explain how this could be of benefit to young people
Task 3: Research local job opportunities in the Selby Area. Create a brief presentation to outline what the job market is like in Selby, the type of businesses that exist within the area and the types of jobs people can do including the skills and qualifications required.
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Additional Tasks for Group Changes