EMPLOYABILITY TRAINING 

There's no one better equipped to deliver training that leads to improved job outcome performance! 

25+ YEARS' EXPERIENCE 

With over 25 years' experience in the Employability sector - there's no one better equipped to deliver training that leads to improved performance! 
Andy has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry; including PPDG, Shaw Trust, Birmingham City Council, Prospects, Ingeus, The Salvation Army and People Plus 

TRAINING FOR FRONTLINE STAFF 

A practical and highly interactive 1, 2 or 3-day programme designed to equip staff working on Employability contracts with the knowledge and skills to work with all participant groups and strategies to meet job related targets! 
 ABOUT THE COURSE:  
Delivered by Andy Woodall, founder of One Degree Difference and former People Development Director at Pertemps People Development Group. 
 
This programme can be tailored to suit the needs of your team - we will work with you to create a bespoke programme designed to support your staff and improve performance! 
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 
Introduction to working with job seekers & effective caseload management 
Understand the requirements and targets associated with job search contracts. 
Understand the main types of barriers facing job seekers and strategies to overcome them. 
Effectively caseload manage jobseekers to improve job-outcomes. 
Challenge the aspirations of jobseekers / Challenging jobseekers with vague aspirations. 
Understand the local job market and how this affects the aspirations of jobseekers. 
Understand what the Hidden Job Market is and how to access it. 
Write effective CVs and killer Personal Profiles. 
Gain an understanding of how to use an effective 4-step coaching model with jobseekers to meet contractual targets. 
Set SMART job-focused Action Plans. 
Understand how to increase self-belief, confidence, and resilience in jobseekers. 
Understand how to overcome objections and limited thinking in jobseekers. 
Gain commitment and increase personal responsibility from jobseekers when setting actions. 
Effective Jobsearch strategies – including maximising social media and job-boards. 
Maximise connections and networks to effectively jobsearch. 
Create effective 5-step Interview Preparation session designed to improve both confidence and interview skills. 
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COACHING TECHNIQUES FOR STAFF DELIVERING JOB SEARCH RELATED PROGRAMMES 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 
Introduction to working with job seekers & effective caseload management 
Gain an understanding of how to use coaching with job seekers in order to achieve contractual outcomes 
Understand the difference between activities, measures and goals when working with job seekers 
Set effective work focused goals beyond SMART 
Understand how to increase self-belief, effectiveness and resilience for job seekers 
Gain commitment from job seekers and ensure they take personal responsibility for actions associated with job searching 
Understand how to overcome objections and limiting thinking in job seekers 
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ALWAYS ENGAGING, ALWAYS IMPACTFUL AND, IF THE SITUATION DEMANDS, FUN & FUNKY! 

EFFECTIVE JOB SEARCHING TECHNIQUES 

A practical and highly interactive 1-day programme designed to equip staff working on employability contracts with the knowledge and skills to work with all participant groups and strategies to meet job related targets! 
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 
Understand and effectively use the 3 main routes to employment with jobseekers. 
Understand how to effectively (reverse) market job seekers to employers. 
Understand what effective job search looks like and how to get your participants to do it independently. 
Understand how to prepare delivery of effective job search sessions. 
Gain an understanding of how to effectively use job boards and agencies. 
Gain an understanding of how to use social media such as LinkedIn and Facebook to jobsearch. 
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CREATING KILLER CVS! 

A practical and highly interactive 1-day programme designed to equip staff working on Employability contracts with the knowledge and skills to work with all participant groups and strategies to meet job related targets! 
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 
Support participants to effectively research the employer. 
Get your participants through the front door – first impressions count! 
Support participants with moving from small talk to answering the first question – “tell us about yourself”? 
Support participants with answering personality and competency-based interview questions. 
Support participants with effectively leaving an interview and answering “have you any questions for us? 
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PARTICIPANT TRAINING: 

The One Stop Effective Employability Workshop! 
 ABOUT THE COURSE:  
A practical and highly interactive 1 or 2-day programme designed to equip participants with strategies to increase their confidence & resilience as well as give them the skills employers are really looking for! 
 
Delivered by Andy Woodall, founder of One Degree Difference and former People Development Director at Pertemps People Development Group and Brad Russell, FIFA A Licence Coach and former Technical Director of Coachright. 
 
This programme can be tailored to suit the needs of your participants - we will work with you to create a bespoke programme designed to support your participants overcome barriers and become more employable! 
 
The One Stop Employability Workshop can be tailored to suit the requirements of any participant group – we will work with you to create a bespoke programme designed to address barriers, improve motivation, and equip them with the skills to not only find a job, but keep it! 
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 
Understand how limiting thinking can harm confidence, motivation and wellbeing and more importantly – what to do about it! 
How to stand out at an assessment centre – what recruiters are really looking for. 
How to create a CV that employers and recruiters are looking for. 
How to write a killer personal profile that will map against any job description. 
How to use your connections and networks to access the hidden job market. 
How to job search effectively – use job boards and social media platforms to make job search easy! 
Understand the 5 stages of interview preparation – make sure you have all the confidence, skills and knowledge to get the job you really want! 
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