Building and Nurturing Employability Skills

Job analysis, job descriptions, and person specifications sound like three pretty dry subjects! But think about it – employing the wrong person can be a costly, and stressful business. Many disastrous recruitment decisions have resulted from getting just one key element of the recruitment and selection process wrong. Not getting anything wrong, of course, depends on robust processes and good skills. However, robust processes and good skills, in turn, depend heavily on effective preparation - and this crucial preparation phase is detailed within three important documents: • The job analysis • The job description • The person specification. The duration of this course is 20 minutes and can be completed over multiple sessions. By the end of this course you will be able to: • Use job analysis to aid diversity and avoid discrimination • Describe the content of job analysis • Describe the key elements of a job description • Understand the benefits of a person specification • Describe the the key content of a person specification • Understand essential and desirable criteria • Be able to avoid discrimination within a person specification

Henry Ford said, “Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success” – and never was a truer word said about appraisal discussions! Preparedness on the part of both the appraiser and the appraisee represents the difference between a poor discussion that is frustrating, ineffective, and a rich source of legal blunders, and a discussion that creates understanding, constructive communication, motivation, and shared achievement. This course will enable the learner to understand the importance of being prepared for the appraisal discussion, and how to carry out essential preparatory tasks. The duration of this course is 20 minutes and can be completed over multiple sessions. By the end of this course you will be able to: • Describe how to prepare the appraisee • Understand how to prepare yourself against your performance objectives • Be able to undertake a self assessment • Plan your appraisal discussions • Prepare the appraisal environment • Understand why preparation is important for both the appraiser and the appraisee

According to the Office for National Statistics there are at least 170 different religions or beliefs being practised in the United Kingdom. This means that many UK workplaces are rich with people of different beliefs (or indeed non-belief), customs, and perspectives on life and death. It also means that successful organisations will ensure that their employees are able to express their religion, belief, non-belief without prejudice or discrimination. The duration of this course is 20 minutes and can be completed over multiple sessions. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: • Explain how religious and belief discrimination law applies in the workplace • Describe the restrictions on employees when expressing their religion or belief • Explain how organisations are expected to meet the religious or belief needs of their employees • Explain the legal exceptions to religious or belief discrimination law