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Week 4: Considering work experience ...
9 This week’s quiz

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Week 4: Considering work experience and voluntary work
Introduction and guidance
- What is a badged course?
- How to get a badge
Acknowledgements

Week 1
Introduction
1 What is a career?
- 1.1 Careers: then and now
2 The career planning process: knowing yourself
- 2.1 What’s to love about work?
3 What do I really want from work?
- 3.1 Thinking about your answers
4 What am I like?
5 What personal values do I hold?
- 5.1 Jon’s values
- 5.2 Personal beliefs and values
6 What most interests me?
7 Are there any limits?
8 Pulling it together
9 This week’s quiz
10 Summary
References
Acknowledgements

Week 1 practice quiz

Week 2
Introduction
1 The difference between ‘knowledge’ and ‘skills’
2 What roles are played in life?
- 2.1 My roles in life
3 What abilities have these roles required of me?
- 3.1 Evidence of my abilities
4 Skills developed through work
5 Skills developed through learning
6 Assessing your skills
- 6.1 My skills: how good am I at them?
7 Pulling your thoughts together
8 This week’s quiz
9 Summary
References
Acknowledgements

Week 2 practice quiz

Week 3
Introduction
1 The career planning process – where am I now?
2 How clear are you about what you want?
3 Refining your ideas: where to get information
4 Matching you and the work
5 Broader options
6 Making choices and keeping going
7 This week’s quiz
8 Summary
Acknowledgements

Week 3 practice quiz

Week 4
Introduction
1 What is meant by ‘work experience’?
2 What are the benefits of work experience?
3 Ways to find work experience opportunities
4 The practicalities of work experience for you
- 4.1 Making the most of your work experience
5 What is ‘voluntary work’?
6 Voluntary work and career development
7 What voluntary work might suit me?
- 7.1 Is it the right time to volunteer?
8 Pausing on the journey
Current section:
9 This week’s quiz
10 Summary
References
Acknowledgements

Week 4 compulsory badge quiz

Week 5
Introduction
1 What is networking?
2 What does networking look like in action?
3 Why network?
4 Traditional networks and their uses in career management
5 Social media networks
- 5.1 What are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn?
- 5.2 Getting started with social media
6 What does your complete network look like?
7 Networks and finding work
8 Effective networking etiquette
9 This week’s quiz
10 Summary
References
Acknowledgements

Week 5 practice quiz

Week 6
Introduction
1 What to look for in job advertisements
- 1.1 Picking out the details from a job advert
2 The key areas in a job advert
3 What do they mean?
4 How to present yourself to an employer
5 Completing application forms
6 What is a curriculum vitae and why do I need one?
7 This week’s quiz
8 Summary
References
Acknowledgements

Week 6 practice quiz

Week 7
Introduction
1 Your experience of interviews
2 Role of interviews and interviewers in the recruitment process
3 Types of interview you might encounter
4 Preparation: before the interview
5 A summary of yourself
- 5.1 Your personal profile
6 Interview question practice
7 At the interview
8 After the interview
9 Week 7 quiz
10 Summary
Acknowledgements

Week 7 practice quiz

Week 8
Introduction
1 Your career planning process
2 Personal development planning
- 2.1 The next steps in your plan
3 Reviewing and strengthening
- 3.1 Your priorities and decisions so far
4 Moving forward
- 4.1 SWOT analysis
- 4.2 Reflecting on your wish list and SWOT analysis
5 Action planning
- 5.1 SMART
- 5.2 Building your own action plan
6 Planning to ‘stay on track’
7 The importance of reflection
- 7.1 Learning review
8 Week 8 quiz
9 Summary
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References
Acknowledgements

Week 8 compulsory badge quiz
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