Secondary educators across Lebanon County, Pennsylvania developed lesson plans to integrate the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards with the content they teach. This work was made possible through a partnership between the South Central PA Workforce Investment Board (SCPa Works) and Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) and was funded by a Teacher in the Workplace Grant Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This lesson plan was developed by one of the talented educators who participated in this project during the 2018-2019 school yea

This module is based upon employer identified key skills for employment. Its focus is on immediate employability and seeks to develop a students approach to demonstrating the skills in a way which supports a successful application.

Module Codes: XX1N14 (10 credits)

Suitable for study at: Undergraduate Level

Method and Frequency of Class: 6 x Employer Led Skills Workshops

Target Students: This module is available to all students as part of the Nottingham Advantage Award scheme.

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None

Offering School: School of Education

EPBE Project Open Educational Resources.
A repository of open educational resources generated throughout the European Personal Branding for Employment Project, such us documents, presentations, videos, podcast and assessments for everyone who needs open educational resources on personal branding and job hunting 4.0.

The European Personal Branding for Employment (EPBE) project main aim was to encourage employment among young students through the acquisition of digital skills using innovative and learner-centred pedagogical approaches and enhancing digital integration in learning, teaching, training and youth work at various levels: promoting access to and learning through Open Educational Resources (OER) in order to build up an on-line personal brand and using effectively job hunting 4.0 techniques.

Secondary educators across Lebanon County, Pennsylvania developed lesson plans to integrate the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards with the content they teach. This work was made possible through a partnership between the South Central PA Workforce Investment Board (SCPa Works) and Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) and was funded by a Teacher in the Workplace Grant Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This lesson plan was developed by one of the talented educators who participated in this project during the 2018-2019 school year.

This interactive lesson helps students understand how companies use algorithms to sort job applicants. It also encourages students to reflect on how digital data mining also can contribute to the hiring process. Students examine resumes and digital data to consider the ways in which our data may open or close opportunities in an increasingly digitized hiring market.