Job Seeker Skills
Course Type
Private
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| 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
training courses, Durham, Washington, Newcastle, North East