Year 9 / 10 - Developing soft skills for apprenticeships and jobs
Learning objectives :
• Exploring soft skills and why they are important
• Considering which soft skills employers might be looking for
• Identifying the soft skills that are important for different apprenticeships
• Thinking about how you can develop soft skills further
Section 1 . Introduction Section 2 . What are soft skills and why are they important ?
This section contains a video for students to watch that will explain what soft skills are and why they are important .
Section 3 . What soft skills are apprenticeship employers looking for ?
In this section , students will have to look at job adverts for apprenticeships and decide which soft skills they are asking for . There is an example of this first , then a multiple-choice quiz for each advert . The answers are in a table underneath , as well as links to more information on the apprenticeships being advertised .
Section 4 : What are your areas for development ?
This section contains a quiz , students click on the answers to the questions , this will give them hints and tips on how to improve particular skills and advice on which hobbies they should be considering . There is then an action plan template for them to save / print and fill out so they can work out which soft skills they want to improve on and how they will do this .
Section 5 : Summary
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