Career Codex is a video course which teaches career guidance and employability skills to enable young people to make decisions, stand out and get hired. On completion, they will have a completely different perspective as to how the job market works and their position in it.
The course comprises of four distinct sections:
1. Foundations (Environment) – how the job market works
2. Foundations (Psychology) – the psychology of success
3. Planning – how to plan your career
4. Process – managing an effective job search process
After completing the course, users will be able to make informed choices and will have developed resilience and curiosity to get the job they really want. The videos are available as SCORM packages to be added to existing platforms, or Learning Nexus can provide a learning management system for organisations without a platform to host the content.
What can Career Codex achieve?
- Allows students to see things differently to increase probability of success.
- Provides training based on real-life experience, not textbook theory.
- Teaches users how to ask the right questions to help empower their career journey.
- Helps students understand that it takes more than just academic success.
- Allows users to obtain the skills and tools needed to find work experience or a first job.
- An opportunity to learn the skills required to connect students with professionals.
eLearning Videos
Foundations
Environment:
• Understand what drives the job market and what prompts a decision to hire
• Understand the job market landscape – the key players, how they think, motivations and urge to action
• Understand the characteristics and behaviours of the typical jobseeker
• Understand the three conversations and how this reveals the ‘hidden market’ which can be the best place to find a job
• Understand what employers want and what they don’t want
Psychology:
• Understand why current attitudes and beliefs directly lead to success or failure in the job market
• Understand the background to current thinking as a starting point for change
• Understand what to focus on for the best results in the job market
Planning
• Understand the importance of planning for jobseeker success
• Understand the importance of time in any job search
• Understand the importance of clearly defined activities, measurements and rewards
• Understand the importance of a ‘personal support system’
• Understand the importance of discipline and how to maintain it
Process
Super CVs:
• Understand why we use CVs, who reads them and how they do it
• Understand the process of writing a CV and the need for different versions
• Understand the structure, content and presentation of a CV
• Understand the power in a CV and how to maximise it
Cover letters:
• Understand when a cover letter should form part of the application process and when it shouldn’t
• Understand the three components of a fantastic cover letter
Getting in front of the decision maker:
• Understand the different mediums to approach their target audience
• Understand the thinking of the target audience and how to use this to their advantage
• Understand the route to market including direct, intermediary and the concept of ‘market makers’
The first-class interview:
• Understand the participants in the interview process, how they think and how they act
• Understand the power struggle in an interview and how to control it to their advantage
• Understand the importance of questions and know why, when and how to ask them
• Understand the importance of feedback – how to obtain it and how to use it
• Understand the importance of following up after the interview
Offer and negotiation:
• Understand when and how to discuss salary and benefits
• Understand how to negotiate the best remuneration package with an employer
The online ‘you’:
• Understand the importance of LinkedIn and other social media platforms
• Understand the power and the perils of social media
Work Experience
