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TOPIC 2: JOB SEEKING

UHB 30502 : ENGLISH FOR WORKPLACE
SKILLS

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What we will learn

Read
Reading and understanding
job advertisement

Match
Matching skills with job
requirements

Identify
Identifying strengths ad
values

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Reading & Understanding Job Adv.
The importance of reading and understanding job advertisement

Understand
Match Jargon

To understand the To ensure that you match To be able to understand

important information the requirements any jargon
about the job

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Reading & Understanding Job Adv.
Steps on how to read and understand job advertisement

Where Strategy Requirement Apply

Where to find job Your strategy when Check your Apply when you meet
advertisements. reading the adv. qualification. all the requirements.

Commonly available in Narrow down your job Qualified means having

newspapers or on
internet job sites. Eg:
Jobsmalaysia.com,
jobstreets.
search to the field or the minimum
area where you want to requirements to do a job
work. Eg: school teacher,
receptionist, internship
etc.

Let’s watch the video to better understand

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How to do it.

Analyze the Job Listing

Expect to see information about the company, details on the
desired qualifications of applicants and a description of the
responsibilities involved in the role

Make a list
Make a connection between your skills and the employer's
requirements is to create a list of the preferred qualifications for
the ideal candidate for your target job.

Get more information

Try looking on the company's website, since there might be a longer
description in the human resources section of their site than in the ad
you saw.

Make a match
Once you have assembled a detailed list of the qualifications for
your target job, review each item on the list and try to think of how
you might prove that you possess that asset.

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Positive experiences exercise

• What three words describe you at your best?

• Life is full of highs, lows and many twists and turns in-between. Think of a
recent example which was a high point for you in terms of your work
performance.

• What was the background to your high point?

• What was the result?

• What did you learn about yourself?

• Pairs – ten minutes each

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Understanding the concepts

Strengths what energises us and we are great at

Necessary skills fundamental (technical) skills needed

(competencies?)

Values how we want people to behave

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Strengths focused development

• Organisations that let people use their strengths perform better

• Highest effectiveness and satisfaction is when you are using your

strengths

• Biggest opportunity is to develop your strengths

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Questions to identify your strengths

• What things do you do so well that you are very
successful just about every time you do them?

• What activities do you naturally look forward to? What

is it about these that is attractive?

• What do you find yourself wanting to learn even more

about or learning very easily?

• When do you feel in your element? What is naturally

you?
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Outcome focus
Objective
Strengths

What help
do I need?

What am I
trying to
achieve? How can I use
my strengths
to get there?
Support
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