How to prepare for your first call with your Employment Coach
The Engagement Call is where you first meet your Employment Coach, you can expect the call to last between 30-60 minutes and together you’ll complete a more in-depth questionnaire (we’ll send you a link to complete before the meeting or we can complete with you on the call) to get a more complete picture of your situation, the challenges you might face and your skills and aspirations. From here you will work together to create an action plan.
Your Employment Coach will guide you through this process, to get the most value from this call we’ve got some top tips to help you prepare:
Think about your skills and your hopes for the future. What would you like to do? What are your skills and experience? Think about your transferable skills from running a home or caring for family too.
Think about what’s been holding you back? The fuller picture we have of your situation and challenges the more support we can provide. Honesty is always the best policy, we’ve helped people from all walks of life. We don’t judge, we just listen.
Think about how job applications make you feel. Do you have a CV? If not, don’t worry we can help you create one and we’ll give you access to the Jobs 22 App which has a CV reviewer function to show you how to improve your CV and get noticed by employers.
Think about your interview experiences, for some people it subconsciously stops them pursuing the job they want. Interviews can be nerve-wracking, in fact most of the people we meet feel the same way, your Employment Coach can help you prepare and get you feeling confident in interview situations.
“We use your responses to the questionnaire and our conversations to create an action plan, the idea is to identify the areas where you need the most support and meet those challenges head on. I’ve never met a participant I couldn’t help, whether it’s access to foodbanks, housing struggles or getting ID sorted for a job interview. We want you to feel comfortable enough to answer the questions fully, this isn’t a test or a reflection of you, it’s so we can deliver the best service imaginable and help you get back to work in the right way.”
Ibrar Qureshi, Jobs 22 Employment Coach.