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by Annett Fischer

5.10 Employability Skills: Personal Development

The second part of the Employability Skills training is about Personal Development. Participants will reflect on their personal life and explore how their experiences and achievements may improve their professional skills. During the training they will focus on fostering a growth mindset and setting goals that enable them to envision a future career.

5.10.1 Objectives

By the end of this Module, the participants will be able to:

  • Set a personal goal they wish to achieve in the upcoming year
  • Identify 4 practices/good habits that will help their development
  • Define 3 skills they would like to develop
  • Plan 3 SMART actions to be completed within the upcoming year

5.10.2 Target Audience

The target participants for this module are young people from vulnerable communities who are transitioning from school to the world of work. The participants that would benefit from this intervention will be nominated by SOS Children’s Villages or a Teach For All Network Partner Organization.  

5.10.3 Number of participants

Maximum of 30 participants to be divided to smaller groups.  

5.10.4 Method of delivery

Classroom – face to face  

5.10.5 Number of facilitators

The advice is to facilitate this workshop with 1 facilitator per 6 participants.  

5.10.6 GoTeach Library Materials

More detailed insights and information on this activity can be found in the material from our GoTeach library below.

Further SupportTranslations in French and Spanish as well as editable versions of the download materials can be found in the GoTeach library on our DHL Group SharePoint (https://dpdhl.sharepoint.com/sites/Sustain-Hub/SitePages/go-programs.aspx). In case you have trouble accessing the SharePoint or other questions, please contact us at goteachwiki@dhl.com.