CV skills 1: Showing your best you

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This module will help adult learners to increase their confidence in producing a meaningful CV to secure an interview for employment.

By the end of the module, learners will be able to:

  • Understand why a CV is needed and what it is used for
  • Understand how personal experience can also be used to highlight transferable skills, including how to identify them
  • Understand the two main formats of a CV: chronological and skills-based
  • Be able to draft or update own basic CV to improve interview prospects.

As a follow up after the session why not explore these tools from LinkedIn as a way for your learners to share their experience with potential employers?

Looking for more ways your learners can expand their career network? Why not explore these tools from LinkedIn:

  1. Job search checklist

This checklist supports your learners to attract employers, grow their professional skills, and connect to new job opportunities through a standout LinkedIn profile.

  1. Rock your LinkedIn profile video

This tutorial will lead your students through how to create a LinkedIn profile that best represents them, with tips on choosing a profile photo, creating a custom headline, writing a personal summary, how to highlight work experience and more. You will need to sign into LinkedIn to access this free resource. 

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