STIC - Health Care:
Work Search (Module 2)
Understanding Job  Ads: Skills and Personal Attributes
(Topic 1)
Content
In this lesson, participants will prepare for the task in the next lesson-an
employment interview.
The facilitator should be familiar with:
Conference Board of Canada, Corporate Council on Education,
Employability Skills 2000+: The Critical Skills Required of the Canadian
Workforce. (This brochure is downloadable from the Conference Board
of Canada's Web site at conferenceboard.ca. Delivery
Make as many copies as necessary of the following handouts  :
- Handout 1 Job Ad
- Handout 2 Chart
- Handout 3 Common Statements in Job Ads
- Handout 4 Job Ads (two pages)
- Handout 5 Job Ad Chart
- Handout 6 List of Skills/Personal Attributes
Materials needed: access to an overhead
projector and OHT 1 .
Methodology
Introduction
(20 minutes)
1. Elicit from the class the information
they have researched in the Orientation and Overview workshop. Ask
how they will apply that information in their work search process.
Explain to the class that searching for a job in the health care
sector will take time and preparation. This lesson and the next will
be spent identifying skills and attributes necessary for health care
professionals.
2. Put the participants in pairs and
have them interview each other using the questions on OHT 1.
3. Take up the questions with the
whole class.
Job search methods might include: job ads, employment agencies,
self-marketing, networking, attending trade shows, hospital and clinic
bulletin boards, professional magazines.
Pre-Tasks
1. (20 minutes)
Explain that although most jobs
are not advertised, job ads are a good place to find out what employers
are looking for. Elicit what to look for in a job ad, e.g., position,
responsibilities, qualifications, application procedures, etc.
Distribute Handout 1 (Job Ad) and Handout 2 (Chart). Ask participants
to complete the chart with information from the job ad. Take up the
chart on an overhead projector or board. Discuss terminology as it
comes up.
2. (20 minutes)
Distribute Handout 3 (Common Statements
in Job Ads). Explain to the class that this is a list of common
expressions that were found in job ads for health care professionals
in Toronto newspapers. Ask participants to work in pairs to negotiate
the meaning of the words in bold print. Take up as a whole class.
3. (10 minutes)
Elicit from the class the meaning
of "skills" and "personal attributes". Let participants negotiate
the meaning in groups of three and then ask a volunteer for answers.
(Skills = What can you do? Personal attributes = What kind of person
are you?) 4. (25 minutes)
Distribute Handout 4 with job ads
from a Toronto newspaper. Ask participants to read the ads and
list the words/expressions (on Handout 5) describing the skills
and personal attributes mentioned in each of the five ads. Take
it up with the whole class. If personal attributes aren't stated
explicitly, participants have to deduce them from the ad.
5. (20 minutes)
Re-group participants in pairs
and give them 5-10 minutes to brainstorm and write down the personal
attributes and skills that health care professionals need to have.
Ask them to compare their answers with another pair. Take up the
answers with the whole class and write answers on the board (This
activity can be done before pre-task 4.)
6. (15 minutes)
Explain that in today's workplace
there is a lot of emphasis on teamwork. Ask participants to look
at the words that are written on the board (from the previous exercise)
and identify the ones that are necessary for teamwork. (Participants
should be familiar with the idea of teamwork from the orientation
workshop, but may not know what skills or personal attributes are
necessary.) 7. (20 minutes)
Explain that the next activity
(Handout 6) will help participants to expand their vocabulary in
terms of today's workplace communication requirements. Handout
6 contains a list of skills and attributes. Have the participants
work in pairs to review the list for understanding. Take up as
a whole class to ensure understanding. 8.
(20 minutes)
Have the participants work in pairs
to complete the activity in Handout 6. They will use words from
the word bank in the sentences provided. Give some examples
( I
am energetic ; I have excellent team building skills).
Remind them to decide whether the sentence requires a verb, an
adjective or a noun and to select the appropriate word or phrase
from the list.
9. (20 minutes)
Participants decide which skills
and attributes apply to them and list them. By the end of the class,
they should have a comprehensive list of their own general skills
and attributes in sentence form. Explain that they will need this
list for the next class.  Downloads
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