CYF PD

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📅 Sprint 1

Bad Interview Answers 🔗to Bad Interview Answers block

We have a lot of serious work to do, but let's start with some fun

Goal setting and planning 🔗to Goal setting and planning block

Understanding the goals of the Portfolio module and setting our own

Prep Transferable Skills 🔗to Prep Transferable Skills block

This exercise is for you to think about your transferrable skills and how they will help you in your new career in tech.

Resilience 🔗to Resilience block

Learn about Resilience

Reviewing and improving goals 🔗to Reviewing and improving goals block

Everybody has different approaches to creating goals. Use this session to review goals as a group and share feedback with each other. Create an opportunity for dialogue about the challenges you may face in achieving these goals and how you can support each other to collectively achieve your goals.

📅 Sprint 2

Find and analyse a Job Description - Prep 🔗to Find and analyse a Job Description - Prep block

Find a job posting that appeals to you and do some prep work to compare how well you fit that job.

Job Descriptions and Questions for Employers 🔗to Job Descriptions and Questions for Employers block

Review the Job Description analysis you created in the prep, and prepare good questions for employers before applying.

Let's get jobs 🔗to Let's get jobs block

In this session we will work on our employability skills. This means: improving our CVs, LinkedIn profiles, GitHub profiles, finding and analysing job descriptions, and preparing for interviews.

Population Block 🔗to Population Block block

Create all the skills and modules

Portfolio Module: Prep work for planning 🔗to Portfolio Module: Prep work for planning block

This is the prep for the 2nd and 4th week of the Portfolio Module.

Prep Problem Solving 🔗to Prep Problem Solving block

Problem-solving skills are skills that enable people to handle unexpected situations or difficult challenges at work.

Prep Roles in Tech 🔗to Prep Roles in Tech block

This prep exercise is for you to research available roles in tech. You need to have this done before the next class.

Problem Solving 🔗to Problem Solving block

We will learn about and practice problem-solving.

Roles in the tech industry 🔗to Roles in the tech industry block

In this session, we will talk about the roles in tech and ensure we all understand the variety and importance of them

📅 Sprint 3

Job Hunting and Mock Interview 🔗to Job Hunting and Mock Interview block

In this session, students will learn how to tailor their resumes based on the job description of the job they are aiming for.

Prep Job Hunting and Mock Interview 🔗to Prep Job Hunting and Mock Interview block

A competency-based interview is also known as a structured, behavioural, or situational interview. They will often feature some activity or task that will test a candidate’s ability to do what their CV and cover letter have said they can do, alongside situational-style questions to determine how they have used specific skills to solve problems.

📅 Sprint 4

Collective job hunt 🔗to Collective job hunt block

Work as a team and help each other by doing a collective job hunt

Discuss the needs of employers 🔗to Discuss the needs of employers block

Understanding employers' needs can help you a lot when looking and applying for jobs.

Prep Collaborative job hunt 🔗to Prep Collaborative job hunt block

This prep will show you the importance of looking for jobs collaboratively.

Prep Understanding employers needs 🔗to Prep Understanding employers needs block

This prep will show you why understanding employers’ needs is important.