Kick-Start Your Career

This course will allow candidates to complete work experience in their chosen vocational area. It will allow candidates to gain valid work experience in the career field that they wish to pursue. Candidates can use the placement to avail of a valid work reference from the employer to include on CV’s.

Benefits: 

• Gain valuable work related experience
• Gain an insight into the type of day to day work that is completed in a certain career choice
• Gain an employer reference for use on a new CV
• Use the work placement as an opportunity to “get in” to a certain company or business
• The candidates can then use this work experience to draw down a full FETAC level 5 award, as work experience is a mandatory component module for any full FETAC level 5 Certificate.

Course Content: 

Prepare 

• Identify Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Plan & Prepare for the workplace experience
• CV and Interview skills preparation

Complete 

• Participate in a job placement
• Complete a work experience diary and report

Self-Evaluation 

• Critical analysis of learning goals achieved, skills gained or improved and challenges & experiences encountered

Accreditation 

Upon successful completion of this course participants will receive a Fetac Level 5 Work Experience Certificate

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For further information, fill in a course enquiry form, call us on +353 (046) 9249618 or e-mail info@midasgroup.ie – To register for this course, download the attached Booking Form and post /fax or call the registration line on +353 (046) 9252937

This course is ideally suited to CE participants who are interested in setting up a practical business. Support and advice is given to the individual during one to one sessions with our Career Coach. Candidates will then use their CE work experience time to pilot their project or test out career options. The course will look at their own abilities and strengths to see where they want to go. They will also look at the world of work and receive help in completing application forms for funding sources, business plans and help and advice on updating their own CV.

Benefits 

• Help and advice in deciding where you are going or want to go
• An individual training and career action plan
• Advice on setting up a business
• Advice on seeking the relevant supports to help you get your business/ career started
• Advice on how to use work experience to “try out” new career ideas

Course Content: 

• Candidates will research businesses in their local area, to see what competition is around for their own business idea
• Research job prospects in your chosen field and apply for work experience positions suited to your needs
• Candidate will update CV and write application letters for work experience.
• Candidate will then complete work experience and maintain a work experience diary.
• Upon completion of work experience, the candidate will evaluate the work experience as a whole and look at further progression options including setting up their own business or applying for positions in their chosen field

Accreditation: 

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a Fetac Level 3 Work Orientation Certificate

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For further information, fill in a course enquiry form, call us on +353 (046) 9249618 or e-mail info@midasgroup.ie – To register for this course, download the attached Booking Form and post /fax or call the registration line on +353 (046) 9252937

This innovative new Career Information course will look at motivating factors, obstacles to career progression and ways of finding work. This course will also provide you with information on supports available to you and how best to use them. It will also look at the supports available to you and how best to use them.

Our Fetac accredited “Career Information” workshop will help you discover and unleash your full potential on your Personal and Career Choices.

Benefits: 

• Identify an appropriate Career Plan
• How to overcome obstacles and achieve your Goals
• Cope with the current economic climate
• Increased motivation
• How to cope with change and adapt to it
• Identify areas to investigate in relation to local employment and business opportunities
• Identify tactics and strategies to help you stand out from the crowd
• A clear understanding of supports that are available and how best to use them

Course Content: 

• Motivation and Life Coaching in relation to current situation
• Change Management and Re-focus in the Recession
• Knowing your Rights and Responsibilities and Opportunities in working, also identify personal obstacles to Work
• Developing an Awareness and help to research local opportunity action plan in relation to Work, Education and Training
• Identifying Relevant Support structures available

Accreditation 

Upon successful completion of this course participants will receive a Fetac Level 3 Career Information Certificate

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For further information, fill in a course enquiry form, call us on +353 (046) 9249618 or e-mail info@midasgroup.ie – To register for this course, download the attached Booking Form and post /fax or call the registration line on +353 (046) 9252937