Work Readiness Toolkit | KS4 & Post-16

Ready-to-use employability and careers toolkit helping KS4, post-16 and FE learners recognise their strengths, build evidence of their skills and prepare for future opportunities.

This complete work readiness resource helps learners explore the five areas of the Work Ready Stack™, reflect on their strengths, build evidence from everyday experiences and create a realistic 30-day development plan.

The resource focuses on:
• Personal Qualities
• Soft Skills
• Digital Literacy
• AI Literacy
• Green Literacy
• Employability Evidence
• Workplace Readiness

Included:
• complete teacher lesson plan
• classroom lesson deck
• learner workbook
• work readiness baseline activities
• claim vs evidence activities
• workplace readiness activities
• 30-day development challenge

Careers curriculum links

England: Supports careers and employability learning by helping learners recognise, evidence and develop skills and behaviours relevant to work and future progression.

Wales: Supports Careers and Work-Related Experiences by helping learners recognise their strengths, reflect on employability skills and prepare for future opportunities.

Scotland: Supports career education and Career Management Skills by helping learners recognise strengths, evidence skills and prepare for learning, life and work.

Useful for:

Careers lessons • PSHE • Tutor time • Employability programmes • Work experience preparation • Transition activities • Sixth Form • FE Colleges

Designed by Gem Hallett, former teacher and lecturer and creator of Future Ready.

Interested in helping learners build employability skills? Explore my shop and the Work Ready Stack™ collection, including Personal Qualities, Digital Literacy, AI Literacy and Green Literacy resources.

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