Work Readiness for Women - A Five Week Course

This five-week short course is a fantastic way to kick-start your journey into a new career pathway, it will support women looking for a change, entering the workforce or restarting their careers.

You have a lot to offer and a job that fits you is out there. Take the first step and set off along the path to PowerUp your career.

“Just being in an environment with other women that are championing women can do wonders for your confidence” Ginny Rhodes – Dress For Success, Christchurch

Proposed course outline

Session 1: Introduction, expectations, and goal setting.
Session 2: Identifying personal, transferable, and technical skills.
Session 3: CV and cover letters.
Session 4: Communication, mock interviews, and personal presentation.
Session 5: Where are the jobs? Hidden job market.

Employers value transferable skills and hire based on those combined with your personal qualities. This course will help you to work out what your transferrable skills are and add them to your CV.

“Employers will work on the basis that if somebody has initiative, or willingness to learn – that will help you learn the technical skills. They can be taught. Transferable skills take much longer to teach. Technical skills are what we learn on the job. Nobody ever goes into a job knowing everything about that role anyway because all employers do things differently, have different processes, and use different language” Claire French – Career Coach

This course is also approved for the WINZ Course Participation scheme, please check with your WINZ case manager about this course.