Skills for Life

More often than not it is the things we take for granted that let us down. Training is an important feature of everyday life whether your organisation is in the Public or Private sector, industry or the music industry. To ensure that you are not letting yourself down M2S provides training support to help you through your career.
Most organisations try to improve the performance of their staff and therefore the organisation. So why shouldn’t you? We have developed a number of one day courses designed to help individuals make a transition from one job to another or change lifestyle or just to improve their chances in the workplace.


We offer training in the following skills:

Writing Skills -  The course looks at the following aspects of Writing Skills:
·  Planning
·  Types of written communication
·  Techniques
·  Do’s and Don’ts

Job Search (including CV Writing) -   The course provides a methodology to accomplish the following:

·   Defining areas of strength
·   Determining realistic Job Objective
·   Developing effective plans to meet the job objectives
·   Writing a CV
·   Implementing the plan
·   Securing the job offer.

Interview techniques -  The course provides a step by step guide of the interview process including:

·   The interview sequence
·   Preparing for Interviews
·   Common pitfalls
·   Do’s and Don’ts
·   Types of interview.

Self Employment -  The course considers various aspects of being self employed including:

·   Personal considerations
·   Marketing
·   Selling
·   Planning and control
·   Money law and administration

The course does not give guidance on how to run a business.

Presentation Skills - The course looks at the following aspects of Presentations:

·   Planning
·   Types of presentation
·   Delivery
·   Techniques
·   Do’s and Don’ts

Project Management - This  workshop concentrates on the practical aspects of project management, it builds leadership skills and develops the student's facility with monitoring and control techniques necessary to project success.

Learning From Experience -  LFE by its very nature facilitates a continuous learning process which can inform any  process which is being used. Its results can be used to improve an organisation’s effectiveness in the management of its business and individual projects. Failure to use such a technique will in all likelihood result in repeating mistakes and successes without knowing why. This workshop looks at the ways lessons can be learned and used to improve performance.

Effective Meetings - The course looks at the following aspects meetings and includes a practical session:

·   The Nature of meetings
·   Preparing for meetings
·   Various roles as a meeting participant
·   Meeting Skills
·   Skills Practice

The course will include various practical exercises to enable students to try out their skills and identify good and bad practice.

These courses are aimed at transferring knowledge and understanding to you, reviewing and assessing your skills and providing you with the tools to operate in the market place.

In addition we provide a free post course service whereby we will give online or telephone support.

For more information contact M2S.