Leaving Certificate Applied - VPG ACTION PLAN



Leaving Certificate Applied- VPG SAMPLE ACTION PLAN

Year: 5th Year

Number of students: _______

Module No. : 2

Module Title: Job Search Session: ______________________

Aims:

• Familiarise students with the different ways that jobs are advertised

• Enable students access information on employment opportunities

• Provide opportunities for students to practise job application skills

• Help students recognise the importance of relating their choice of job to their own skills and qualities.

• Help students anticipate the longer-term advantages /disadvantages of the particular job being advertised.

• Provide students with a basic knowledge and understanding of the difference between gross pay and take home pay and to introduce students to basic employment regulations

• Inform students of the different types of employment available in the workplace including self-employment.

|Date |Unit |Learning Outcome |Resources |Teaching methodologies |Follow Up |

| |No. | | | | |

| | 1 | | | | |

| | |Sourcing Information | | | |

| | |List main sources of employment in the local |Black Board |Group work | |

| | |area |Hand outs |Feedback | |

| | | |Echo newspaper |Chalk and talk | |

| | | |Local directory/Telephone directory |Discussion | |

| | |List places vacancies are advertised |Black board |Group work | |

| | | | |Feedback | |

| | | | |Chalk and talk | |

| | | | |Discussion | |

| | |FAS |Apprenticeship booklets | |Visit out to FAS |

| | | |Visit FAS | | |

| | |Evaluate Job advertisements |Worksheet 6.2.1 | | |

| | | |W/s ‘Reporters’ | | |

| | | |Poster paper | | |

| | | |Markets/blue tac | | |

| | | |Scissors | | |

| | | |Local/national newspapers | | |

| | |Advantages/Disadvantages of certain jobs |Black board/ Group session | | |

| | |Investigate Time & Money invested when |Black Board | | |

| | |searching for a job |Calculators | | |

| | | | | | |

| |2 |Investigation of a Sample of Jobs | | | |

| | |Select 4 vacancies |Local/National papers | | |

| | | |Internet | | |

| | | |Teletext | | |

| | |List personal characteristics needed for jobs |Paper pen | | |

| |K/A |Describe qualifications & skills required |Hand out ‘What are your skills’ | | |

| |1 | |Use selected ads to compare and match/transfer | | |

| | |Outline possible promotions for these jobs |Paper/ pens – black board | | |

| |K/A |Look at effects of working in an unsatisfying |Paper/ pens – black board | | |

| |4 |job | | | |

| | | | | | |

| |3 |Job Search Practice | | | |

| | |Different types of selection procedures |Black Board | |B.O.I Talk |

| | | |Human Resources TALK | | |

| |K/A |Letter of Application |Paper/Pens | |Cross/Curr.English/IT |

| |2 | |Sample Letters | |B.O.I Talk |

| |K/A |C.V & application form |Sample Cv’s | |B.O.I Talk |

| |2 | |Blank Application forms | | |

| | | |Paper pens | | |

| | |Appropriate techniques for contacting employers|Role play | | |

| | |Telephone skills |Tape recorder | | |

| | | |Blank tapes | | |

| | | | | | |

| |4 |Interview Skills | | | |

| | |Preparation for Interview |Bank of Ireland Talk & Video | | |

| | | |Hand out | | |

| |K/A |Mock Interviews |Bank of Ireland/Coke | |SET Date |

| |3 | |Blank report/feedback sheets | | |

| | |Evaluate performance |Report sheet from interviews | | |

| | |Strategies for dealing with disappointment |Class discussion | | |

| | | |Black board | | |

| | | | | | |

| |5 |Pay & Conditions | | | |

| | |Different forms of unemployment assistance |Social welfare website hand out | | |

| | |available |Paper/ pens – black board | | |

| | |Regulations regarding employment |Protection of Young persons | | |

| | | |Organising of Working Time act | | |

| | | |S.H & Welfare at Work Act | | |

| | | |Employment Equality Act | | |

| | | |Responsibilities of Employer/Employee | | |

| | |Looking at different types of employment. |Black board | | |

| | |Contract work p/t, full time etc. | | | |

| | |Deductions from Gross Pay |PAY FACT sheet | | |

| | | |Paper/ pens – black board | | |

| | |Non-monetary advantages/ |Paper/ pens – black board | | |

| | |disadvantages of certain jobs. | | | |

| | | | | | |

| |5 |Self Employment | | | |

| | |Advantages /disadvantages of self employment |Paper/ pens – black board | | |

| | |Prepare question to ask visitor |Paper/ pens – black board | |Guest Speaker |

| | |Agencies to help set up a business in Ireland |Enterprise FACT sheet | | |

| | |Skills/qualities for self employment and |Entrepreneur Skills and qualities sheet | | |

| | |compare with those listed earlier | | | |

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