Essential skills for young people starting work

Have you recently left full-time education? Are you currently looking for your first job or going for interviews? Or are you waiting to start a job you've been offered?

This training course is designed to help make you work ready by focusing on things you need to know and can have some control over, knowing that preparation supports confidence.

On the course, you will learn how to:

• Identify the type of work and workplace culture that will best suit you
• Understand workplace culture and how to get off on the right foot when you start a job
• Improve your communication skills to help you interact effectively with colleagues and other stakeholders
• Understand toxic communication styles that can damage relationships at work
• Feel well-prepared and confident as you start your new role
• Make a good impression at work from day one
• Maximise your career progression

Take control over your place in the workforce and impress future employers when you tell them you've invested in getting yourself ready for work!

“I found it very useful as an ice-breaker into starting the job hunt journey”

“Helps you understand how to get into the working culture, what to avoid and how to speak and listen”

“It was very useful as it taught me things I didn't know before”

“The activities were very useful and engaging”

“The trainers made every participant comfortable and created trust”

“The trainers were great and really engaged”

Nicole brings a breadth of experience as a coaching expert with proven expertise in training, facilitation and change management. She is highly recognised as an open, warm and honest communicator, using intuitive listening skills and acute emotional intelligence.

Nicole has over 30 years of experience working with young people, in education, the youth sector and the workplace.

Nicole specialises in driving a strong, collaborative mentality to bring teams together and encourage reflective thinking, through her consultancy, Noo Thinking.

A former Director of Communications and Executive Management Board member of Siemens plc, Claire has a deep understanding of team dynamics, leadership, culture and communications.

An experienced facilitator, she is also a trained team relationship coach and workplace mediator who now focuses on supporting organisations to build engaged, high-performing teams through her business, Work in Harmony, based in Tunbridge Wells.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

LSBU Croydon Campus, 3 Wellesley Road, Croydon, United Kingdom