When you’re applying for a number of jobs and are actively looking for work, you may be applying via a range of websites, including job search sites, agency websites and even private advertisers’ websites. Some of these will require word documents (.doc), others will want PDFs (this is especially important for marketers, designers and artists who need a beautiful CV to demonstrate their skills), while some would prefer your information in Excel (this isn’t as likely). That said, you need to be prepared to give it in the file format of their choice, you also need to be able to scale the size down if required as some will have file size limits on their website. There will always be a reason behind why they’ve asked for a certain file and you need to make sure you give them the information they need in a nice looking document. So keep in mind you may need to make different versions of your CV for different applications.
Category: education
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Steps to finding your perfect career
Everyone wants to have a job that they enjoy and that they will want to get up for every day. Finding this job can be trickier than first thought! Here are some ideas to help you carve your way into your dream career.
Firstly, make a list of things you are good at, things you enjoy and things you want to learn more about. Once these lists are created, you may be able to see a pattern in the sorts of things you could enjoy and be good at doing. Once you understand these, you could search online to find jobs that suit working with people for example, or perhaps jobs that involve making things.
By this point, there should be a number of jobs which would fit your criteria for enjoyment and skills. Now is the time to see what entry requirements might be involved – for example, do you need any special qualifications for the job? For example, to be a hairdresser you would need some practical qualifications in hairdressing.
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Teaching Students with ADHD and Ways to Keep them Engaged
Anyone who has taught a child with ADHD knows that it is a challenge unlike many others. The ability to keep a child engaged and focussed is a brilliant, if rare one! Here are some ideas to help you in class.
Make the learning child centered. This idea is broadly Piaget’s Constructivist theory, where the teacher acts as a facilitator, setting out goals and resources and allowing the student to find their own way there. This method can help keep students on task as they are hands on, and generally more interested in their own learning.
Differentiate learning to take into account preferred learning styles. This is broadly based on the thought of the Montessori school, where student’s learning style is assessed and activities are designed to reflect their preference. Some students are visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learners, so providing appropriate learning opportunities based around these can help to engage students more.
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How to give a good presentation at interview
It is nerve wracking to give a presentation at an interview. Here are some ideas to help in preparing a giving an excellent presentation.
1. Employers like to use them to see your skills rather than the topic being talked about. Being confident in the situation is more important than what is said.
2. Good preparation. Some areas to consider are timing, objective, creativity, practice and planning for any questions.
3. PowerPoint. Do not rely on the slides to do the work – they should be short visual reminders of the talk. Only use PowerPoint (or similar) if fully confident in its use.
4. Find out who will be in the audience. Perhaps have a look through the company web page to find out more about the panel.
5. On the interview day, give eye contact, use open body language and try to finish a little early to allow for questions.
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Assessment for Learning in the Classroom
There are two main forms of assessment for learning, these being formative or summative assessments. Both are highly valuable in the classrooms as means of checking the learner progress.
Formative assessment is the variety of assessments taking place during the lesson, such as the traffic light system, where learners show their level of understanding using red, yellow or green cards (red being not at all confident, green being totally confident), or by giving each other two stars and a wish (two good things they have done, and something they need to improve on).
Summative assessments are the assessments that take place after the learning has occurred, such as exams or tests. These are ideal for a teacher to gauge how much learning has taken place, and allows them to see which areas of the learning were successful and which were not. National tests and qualifications all come under summative assessments.
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Finding the right job for you
When deciding what career path you wish to take, there are many elements that you need to consider. What qualifications will you need to become the professional that you want to? Some jobs have very strict criteria of what qualifications you need to work in that profession.
Teaching is an example of this where you need a teaching degree to allow you in to the field. This will involve you going to university to study a particular subject and then doing a PGCE degree at the end. Very often people chose to do a PGCE even if they do not particularly want to teach as it is only an extra year on your other degree and allows you then to change careers at a later date if you do decide teaching is for you.
Whatever path you decide to take, you should try to pick something that you think you will enjoy doing.
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Continuing Education After Employment
For many people, they view the need to continue to educate yourself before you reach a profession you can accept as something which wanes once that has been accomplished. This isn’t necessarily always the case though, as businesses can often expect you to continue to develop your understanding of their business and your profession. Using your own initiative to do this is always preferable to having your boss get you to do it, both for yourself and for them. Sometimes, your boss will be willing to cover the costs involved in something like this, which can cost quite a bit. From their perspective though, whatever course you complete will go a long ways toward improving your CV and qualifications, so mostly, you are the one who derives benefit from continuing to educate yourself after employment. The breadth of subjects which your employer will be prepared to pay for will be considerably smaller than the courses which you can still take to benefit yourself, and improve your opportunities, such as learning a language.