Breaking Barriers Employability Workshop
Breaking Barriers offers bespoke employment and education support to enable people from a refugee background to acquire the knowledge, confidence, and experience they need to secure stable and fulfilling employment.
Join this CV skills workshop where you will learn how to boost your CV writing skills:
Date: Monday May 16th (Bury)
Location: Bury United Reformed Church, 1 Parson’s Lane, Bury, BL9 0LY
Time; 12:00 – 14:00
Sign up: Text Jane on 07709523064 to reserve a place
This workshop aims to develop the following:
- An insight into the UK job application process
- Build an understanding of how to write an impactful CV
- Consider the types of information you should include in the CV based on transferable skills, interests, and experience
- Apply this learning and self-reflection to drafting personalised CV’s using a template included in the lesson
Structure
12:00 – Welcome to Breaking Barriers. Introductions and Icebreaker
12:15 – Aims and Objectives of the session
12:20 – Introduction to applying for jobs in the UK
12:25 – Practical element covering CV skills, including key language, and tailoring a CV
12:35 – Group CV activity
13:00 – Break
13:10 – Breakout sessions where participants begin to create their own CV
13:50 – Q and A
14:00 – Finish
