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Private:

This outline is available as a private course. Please contact us to arrange this course at a venue and date of your choice.
Private courses can be held at your site or one of our training venues, and can be customised to fit your requirements.

You can choose to have a private course based on an existing outline or you can choose the most applicable lessons from a number of different outlines and consolidate them into one course.

We can also write bespoke courses to fit your specific requirements, whether you require training on a standard application or a bespoke inhouse system.

Please contact us to discuss this further on 0191 377 8377.

Course Overview

This course is designed to give delegates both the confidence and skills to seek and obtain employment. The first two days are theory based but are highly interactive with both group and individual exercises. The third day is more workshop based with case studies and skills exercises.

Course Content

Understanding Yourself and Others

    Personal analysis
    Analysing others
    Why does it matter?

Assertiveness

    Getting it together
    Positive attitude
    Everyone's basic rights
    How assertive are you?
    Body language
    Words and phrases
    Saying Yes and No
    Problem people and conflict

Communication Skills

    Communication styles
    What's your style?
    Verbal communication
    Non-verbal communication
    Active listening

Interview Skills

    Preparation
    Use the internet to research
    Decide on the right questions to ask
    Predict questions you may be asked
    Plan answers to respond
    Plan what to wear
    Planning transport
    Arriving at the interview
    Greeting the interviewer
    The interview
    Handing competency based questions

Telephone Skills

    Why do you need them?
    Limitations of phone communication
    Making the voice work for you
    Planning to make a call
    Making the call
    Taking calls

Looking for jobs

    What is it you want?
    What could you do?
    Approaching agencies
    Using the internet
    Using newspapers and magazines

Creating your CV

    What to put in?
    What to leave out?
    Making the most of what you've got
    Make it easy to read
    Make it appropriate
    References
    How to format the document
    Making the most of IT

Training Options

  • Private course at your company office throughout the UK, at one of our training venues (Durham, Newcastle or Washington) or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • Bespoke course written to your specific needs, at your company office throughout the UK, at our training venue or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • For further information please contact us on 0191 377 8377

What's Included

  • 1 delegate per computer
  • Telephone and email support
  • Relaxed refreshment area at our training venues
  • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venue
  • Comprehensive course manual and exercises


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