Life Skills
Our Life Skills content offers advice, tips, resources and lessons to prepare yourself and learners for employment. Our lessons cover the following topics:
| Alternatives to paid work | Answering and reflecting on interview questions | Anticipation of key questions and responses |
| Applying for a job or a course | Assessment of literacy skills | Assessment of numeracy skills |
| Being responsible for other people's money | Budgeting | Building a working relationship with colleagues |
| Building a working relationship with customers | Career progression | Carrying out a realistic self-assessment |
| Communicating solutions to others | Completing an application form | Contributing to meetings |
| Developing personal skills for leadership | Different methods to apply for a job | Different types of beneficial alternatives to paid work |
| Effectiveness at work | Enterprise | Filling in an application form |
| Final production, presentation and evaluation | Finding voluntary work | Health and safety |
| Health requirements at work | Interview skills | Interview skills and preparation |
| Interview techniques | Investigating rights and responsibilities at work | Learning from more experienced people |
| Learning from work placement | Learning with colleagues and other learners | Making a telephone call to a prospective employer |
| Managing your health at work | Managing your own money | Operative verbs |
| Planning an enterprise activity | Planning and producing a product | Positive behaviour and attitude at work |
| Preparing for an interview | Preparing for an interview and skills needed in an interview | Presentation at an interview |
| Producing an action plan for career development | Production process | Qualifications |
| Reflecting on an interview | Relationships with colleagues | Relationships with customers |
| Researching a career | Running an enterprise activity | Safe learning |
| Safe learning in the workplace | Safety required to produce a product or service | Searching for a job |
| Self-assessment | Self-management skills | Setting and meeting targets at work |
| Setting and meeting targets at work before work placement | Skills, qualities and knowledge that can be gained from beneficial alternatives to paid work | Sole trader |
| Solving work-related problems | Summarising documents | Taxes |
| Teamwork | Using information about the job | Volunteering |
| What are A-Levels and AS Levels? | What are NVQs and apprenticeships? | What is a CV? |
| What is a diploma? | What is a personal statement? | What is work? |
| What job do you want when you leave school? | Work experience | Working as a team |
| Working as a volunteer | Working in a team | Working in a team: code of conduct |
| Working in a team: strengths, skills and experiences | Working in a team: understanding | Working in a team: taking part in a team talk |
| Writing a covering letter |
You can mix and match these to your learners' needs. Call us on 01909 568 338 to discuss what you want your learners to achieve.