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This article will give you guidance on the peer review to create a strategy for getting a job in wellness.

Assignment summary:

Now it’s time to bring together everything you’ve learned so far and produce a simple strategy for getting a job in wellness.

Your assignment

Research one job in the wellness industry that you would like to apply for (it doesn’t have to be a current vacancy, just a job that you know exists). Produce a simple strategy that includes how you would find the job, how your strengths meet the job criteria and, where possible, any networking opportunities to support your strategy.

Share your plan with your peers.

At the beginning of the text field in the next step, include the following details:

  • The job you are applying for
  • The hiring company
  • Link to job description (if there is one)

Below this information, submit your strategy. It’s a good idea to write the whole plan out first and then copy and paste it into the text box.

In the text box, you can only submit text and URLs (which will not appear as hyperlinks).

Assignment Requirements

This assignment is in 1 part

Task Prompt 1:

  • Does the strategy identify how you found the wellness job you want to apply for?
  • Does the strategy mention using more than 2 items from your career transition toolkit to apply for the job? This can include ‘updating’ profiles and details on existing materials.
  • Does the strategy outline your strengths and how they match the job description?
  • Does your strategy help you stand out against other people applying for the same job?

This Task Prompt is graded against the following criteria. You’ll use the same criteria to grade your peers’ work.

To respond fully to this prompt please include:

  • Does the strategy identify how the learner found the wellness job they want to apply for?
    (0-1 marks: 1 mark for yes, 0 marks for no)
  • Does the strategy mention using more than 2 items from their career transition toolkit to apply for the job?
    (0-3 marks: 0 marks for no items mentions, 1 mark for one item mentioned, 2 marks for two items mentioned, 3 marks for 2+ items mentioned)
    • This can include ‘updating’ profiles and details on existing materials.
  • Does the strategy outline the learner’s strengths and how they match the job description?
    (0-2 marks: 0 marks for no, 1 mark for partially, 2 marks for fully)
  • In your opinion, will the learner’s strategy help them stand out against other people applying for the same job?
    (Grade 0-2: 2 being extremely likely and 0 being highly unlikely).

What happens next?

When you have completed your assignment you can move to the next step, where you’ll submit your responses to this Task Prompt. We suggest you create your assignment in a separate document to perfect your ideas before you submit and share with your course peers. See the Download section for a template.

Please note – you’ll be prompted to give your assignment an overall descriptive title. It’s your chance to get creative, or you could keep this simple and descriptive.

Over to you!

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