Putting it all together

The two big questions we set out to answer at the beginning of this course were ‘What is communication and why does it matter for my employability?’ and ‘What communication skills do I have and how can I most effectively demonstrate these to employers?’ By now, each of you will have come up with a very personal answer to these questions. We hope the material we’ve explored together in this course has contributed to your thinking.

What we covered

In Week 1 we explored what good communication looks like, its relationship to employability and practical tips for improving some of your key communication skills.This included hearing different perspectives from employers, employees and your education team.In Week 2 we examined how the world of work is changing and what this means in terms of a growing emphasis on key transferable skills like communication.During this week you had the opportunity to benchmark your communication skills against formal qualifications frameworks and criteria before investigating what evidence you could draw on to demonstrate your communication expertise to employers.

Your task

Watch the video from Nick and reflect on what you’ve learned and how you would pull this all together to answer the big questions posed in this course.In the comments, share and discuss your key takeaways, including what your next steps will be.