What Employers Want

A unique handbook supporting school and college students to build on their employability skills and recognise their existing skills. Featuring case studies and practical activities throughout, it will help students improve their employment prospects by developing transferable skills and learning to articulate these effectively to future employers. Moving from school or college into work is one of the biggest steps you'll ever take. It's an exciting time but it's also a challenging one. Having spent most of your life in education - where you have to be whether you can think of better things to do - suddenly you're fighting off competition to get that crucial first job. But what skills are employers really looking for and what makes you employable? Uniquely written for students and college leavers, What Employers Want is your practical one-stop shop to helping you identify and improve the skills, attitudes and behaviours required by today's employers. Helping you to secure your first job and equip you for the world of work, this handbook will guide you to: Identify the skills you already possess and show you how to articulate these to future employers Expand your range of existing abilities so that you become the sort of person an organisation wants to employ Create a skills profile to use as a basis for job applications and to refer to before interviews If you're looking for a job or about to start work, now you can ensure employers know just how capable you are - and why you're exactly the sort of person they need to hire. New content for this edition includes: advice on developing the most sought-after personal characteristics and habits in the workplace, including the importance of determination, emotional intelligence and having a positive approach. It also includes brand new case studies from students and employers to help you with taking that important first step on the career ladder.

New edition of the bestselling employability skills handbook containing up-to-date case studies and new material on: apprenticeships; using AI; cybersecurity; ‘Netiquette’; emotional wellbeing; bullying and harassment at work; qualities and attitudes; and, the job market. Hugely anticipated fully updated edition of the bestselling guide for school and college leavers, which includes new material on apprenticeships, using AI, cybersecurity, emotional wellbeing and the job market Moving from school or college into work is one of the biggest steps you'll ever take as a young person. It's an exciting time but it's also a challenging one - where you'll be fighting off competition to get that crucial first job. But what skills are employers really looking for when they search for new recruits, and what makes you employable? Uniquely written for students and college leavers and brimming with activities and case studies, What Employers Want 3rd edition is your practical one-stop shop for helping you to identify and improve the skills, attitudes and behaviours required by today's employers. Helping you to secure your first job and equip you for the world of work, this invaluable handbook will guide you to: recognise the skills that you already have and what you can already do understand how your existing skills will be useful when you look for a job or start work build on those skills, so that you become the sort of person that an organisation wants to employ help you to create a skills profile that you can use when you apply for jobs and go for interviews. If you're looking for a job or about to start work, this book will help you to ensure that employers know just how capable you are and why you're exactly the sort of person they need to hire!