Pre-job skills in Vocational training courses: mind map

The main aim of giving classes to students taking Vocational Training Courses is to prepare them for a job in a near future.For it,it is important to bear in mind not only the skills regarding the job, but also those which are going to help them get the job they want to apply for.
These are the stages that we follow:
-Reading and understanding advertisements.They must get familiar with the language related to job ads;what sort of job is being advertised, kind of applicant wanted and some other important aspects of the post,such as,working conditions,where it is,salary etc.
-Curriculum vitae.They learn how to write a CV.Suggestions are given so that they can sum up their personal,educational and career history in a clear and concise way but as complete as possible.
-Covering letters.Guidelines for writing appication letters.We focus on typical formal letters.
-Job interviews.We see what we should do when attending an interview.They learn strategies to succeed at it and they role play the situation as an assignment for the class, see Job interview.
Once we have finished this part,we will start to work on job skills and emphasis will be on the main duties and responsibilities that the future job involves.But..that's another post.


Pre-job skills