Getting your students
Employer Ready
"Over the last four years student satisfaction ratings have increased considerably and I believe part of this is due to the employability workshops Angus has been running here over that time"
Francine Le Saint, Lancashire Business School
What we do - all we do - is run webinars and workshops
to give students the ‘inside’ knowledge, skills and confidence to get through the common elements of an assessment centre.
Training is delivered by an experienced ex-Head of Graduate Recruitment and focusses on practical tips and tricks.
Over 90%
of students who have attended our training say they feel better prepared as a result.
But don’t take our word for it, read some of the real feedback we get from students!
Contact us for more details:
0203 397 1300
training@employabilityskills.co.uk
Campus workshops
Most of the work we do on campuses comprises practical and interactive 2-3 hour workshops as follows:
Workshop A: “Have you got what it takes?”
We lift the lid on what employers are really after and the three reasons applicants fail. Students practise ability tests, a written exercise and an interview and we give them some clever tricks to get through the most common selection methods out there. This is our most popular workshop. You can download a workshop outline here.
Workshop B: “Pitch perfect!”
Group exercises are the downfall of many candidates. In this session students work through a typical business case study in a small team before presenting their recommendations to a ‘client’. They’ll then get feedback on their performance - a great experience! You can download a workshop outline here.
Workshop C: “The 12 employability skills all businesses want!”
This session gives students an overview of the six key skills needed to get a great job in the first place and the six skills they’ll need to succeed in it. As part of this we run an interactive exercise to illustrate many of these skills and give students tips on how to start or continue developing them over the months ahead. You can download
workshop outline
here.
Workshop D: “Arts students mean business!”
A crash course in commerciality for non-relevant students to develop their knowledge confidence and credibility to recruiters. After considering how and why businesses exist in the first place students learn how to make sense of financial information. After that we’ll introduce them to business strategy and commercial risk management.
Shorter sessions
We also run shorter 45-60 minute sessions for conferences or other student events, such as:
"How to get rejected in 7 easy steps"
"Working that room: an introduction to networking for students"
"Write gooder: avoiding the common pitfalls of applications"
Individual coaching
If you need some one to one help, perhaps having graduated recently and still struggling to get through employer selection programmes, then get in touch. We will find out a little more about your particular circumstances and career goals and put together a package of support for you.
Contact us for more details:
0203 397 1300
training@employabilityskills.co.uk
Online workshops
We're now running live and interactive workshops in our online training room.
These workshops are:
- Live, giving the same chances for questions and comments as our classroom training
- Interactive, with example test questions allowing students to benchmark their performance against peers
- Customised to reflect the needs of the audience
- Supported with a downloadable workbook
- Delivered in an online classroom
- Able to accommodate upto 45 students
- Flexible to fit your timetable
"Have you got what it takes?
Getting Employer Ready
post-Covid"
2 hours
Our core workshop: key applicant tactics to get through employer selection methods
1. Impact of Covid on the recruitment market
2. What employers are (really) looking for
3. The three reasons candidates get rejected
4. Common selection methods out there now
5. Tips and tricks to improve your chances
6. Getting through (online) interviews
7. Action planning
Watch an overview by clicking opposite.
Cost:
from £595 plus VAT.
"How to get rejected in 7 easy steps!"
1 hour
If your timetable can't stretch to 2 hours for "Have you got what it takes?", then this 1 hour workshop will give you a rapid overview of common mistakes applicants make.
As well as highlighting the errors to avoid, it will also suggest practical tips to strengthen your application, so you stand out for all the right reasons!
Watch an overview by clicking opposite.
Cost: from £495 plus VAT.
"Playing the game:
Getting through the group exercise!"
2½ hours
Lifting the lid on the group exercise element of assessment centres.
Find out why employers use them, why candidates fail and then give it a go by working though an exercise in real time!
Watch an overview by clicking opposite.
Cost: from £645 plus VAT.
"One to one:
individual employability coaching!"
Get the benefit of Angus Farr's experience and advice first hand. Coaching sessions typically cover the following
1) CV review and advice
2) Practice online interview and feedback
3) Preparing for your first assessment centre
4) Dealing with a rejection
Watch an overview by clicking opposite.
Cost: £295 plus VAT per hour.
Costs
Workshops
Costs for in-room workshops are as follows:
Students: individual students attending off-campus open workshop - £245. Please contact us for forthcoming dates in your region.
Institutions: where we organise these workshops on campus for Universities, Business Schools and Colleges, we can effectively discount this rate by over 90%.
Contact us for more details:
0203 397 1300
training@employabilityskills.co.uk
About us
Most of our work comes from Business Schools, Universities and Sixth Forms keen to include employability training as part of their offering to students. We also work with employers and professional bodies on a 'white label' basis to run workshops as part of their recruitment campaigns
Our lead trainer is Angus Farr, a Chartered Accountant and Chartered HR professional who spent over a decade heading the graduate recruitment functions at a number of employers in London.
He is an experienced business trainer, coach and facilitator and runs a range of courses for corporate clients, including ones on how to recruit graduates!
It is this that gives Angus the knowledge, experience and credibility to give students a real edge when making their applications.
employabilityskills.co.uk is a unique brand of
Training Counts Limited.
We’re based in London and have delivered training in the UK, Europe and internationally.
