Preparing for Promotion and Assessment
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This 2-day course will help you learn and practise some of the essential skills you will need when you attend an assessment centre. It is relevant from AOs through to Grade 7s, as individual feedback will be given and tailored to your particular grade.
This 2-day course will help you learn and practise some of the essential skills you will need when you attend an assessment centre. It is relevant from AOs through to Grade 7s, as individual feedback will be given and tailored to your particular grade.
Learning Outcomes
- Learn the key skills you will typically need when attending an assessment centre
- Understand what assessment centres are looking for
- Understand the principles of effective communication, including style, tone, structure and planning
- Learn how to structure a written brief
- Learn how to create an impact when you present an oral briefing
- Learn how to develop well-argued submissions and business cases
- Improve your writing skills
By the end of the course the delegates will be able to:
Programme
Day One
| 9:15 |
Registration & Refreshments
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| 9:45 |
Welcome and Introduction
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| 9:55 |
What are Assessments Centres looking for and how do they try to find it?
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| 10:50 |
Principles of Effective Communication
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| 12:00 |
Writing Emails & Correspondence
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| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Structure for Writing a Brief
(Practical Exercise)
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| 16:45 | Close |
Day Two
| 9:30 |
Tutor Feedback on Written Exercise
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| 10:10 |
Tutor Input on Creating a Decision Making Brief
(submissions / business case)
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| 11:00 |
Morning Coffee
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| 11:15 |
Practical Exercise Using Suggested Template
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| 12:45 |
Lunch
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| 13:45 |
Practical Exercise Using Suggested Template (continued)
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| 15:15 |
Afternoon Tea
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| 15:30 | Oral Briefing with Impact
Maximising presence
Good personal presentation
(Practical Exercise) |
| 16:30 | Close |
Please note that the programme is subject to change without notice