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Money skills lesson three: Financial risk and security

Help students compare risk in different situations and demonstrate how insurance can provide protection against some financial risks.

Personal brand: Building your professional identity

Help young adults develop their skills for work and look at the importance of creating a positive impression through their personal brand.

Enterprise skills and being creative lesson (SEND and ALN)

This lesson is designed to help students with SEND/ALN understand what it means to be enterprising and creative, and how this can help them in a variety of workplace situations.

Money skills lesson four: Digital payments

Help students explore technology that supports money management and consider the impact of technology on the future of personal finance.

Exploring personal strengths for employment lesson

Help students understand that sensible career choices lie where their strengths, interests and personality meet.

Money skills lesson two: Money and work

How to read a payslip, calculate take home pay, introduce loans and pensions, and understand employee benefits beyond salary.

Primary School Exploring careers and workplace skills

Explore careers with primary aged children and teach them about workplace skills with this free lesson plan from Barclays LifeSkills.

CV skills lesson two: Fine-tuning your CV to stand out to employers

Learn how to write job applications, CVs and covering letters that work.

Interview skills 3: Preparing for assessments

Introduce different types of interview and assessments learners may be invited to, and apply what they've learnt to a mock interview to build confidence.

Interview skills 2: Practical answering techniques

This module will introduce learners to the STAR technique, a simple model they can use during interviews to structure their experiences and give meaningful, evidence-based answers.

Boosting your problem solving skills

This module will support learners to apply a six-step problem solving strategy, explore three problem solving scenarios and practise an exercise on future problem solving.

Interview skills 1: Get the best start

This module will introduce learners to the purpose of interviews and how to prepare for one: what to wear, how to research a company and how to make a great first impression.

Building a positive online reputation

Help students understand the importance of netiquette and support them in building a positive online reputation.

Online reputation in the workplace

Help students understand how social media can be effectively used to build their personal brand and promote themselves to employers.

Money skills lesson two: Value for money

Help students budget, plan for their future and get value for money on purchases.

Networking skills lesson

Explain the benefits to and different types of networking, top tips and how inclusive behaviour can support networking skills.

Self confidence

Help students to overcome challenges and think confidently. This lesson will help your student learn how to do this.

Recognising skills for success in the workplace lesson

The activities on this page support your students to identify why these skills are important, which ones they already possess and how they can demonstrate these on their CV.

The career journey

Identify the core transferable skills students need to develop, to aid them on their career journey.

Six ways to teach creativity and supercharge students’ future

Roisin Ellison from the RSA highlights six ways you can build creativity into your employability