Business and Employment Skills for Life

18 lessons · 6 modules
This course equips learners with essential business and employment skills for lifelong success. Through foundational self-assessment of skills, interests, and values, participants build career timelines and digital proficiency. It covers jobseeking strategies, including CV writing, interviews, and online presence, alongside entrepreneurship pathways from idea validation and business planning to financial management and growth. Tailored for diverse learners in Ireland, it fosters resilience and practical decision-making.

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6 modules · 18 lessons

A confident start. Learners take stock of their own skills, interests and values, map their career story to date, and build the everyday digital skills needed for both jobseeking and running a business in Ireland today. By the end of Module 1 every learner has a clear picture of where they are now and which pathway they want to take next: jobseeking, entrepreneurship, or both.

Know Yourself: Skills, Interests and Values
Your Career Story: Where Are You Now?
Digital Skills for Work and Business

Module 2 is the preparation block of the jobseeking pathway. Learners turn the self-knowledge from Module 1 into a strong CV and cover letter, prepare confidently for interviews using the STAR technique, and build a professional online presence on LinkedIn. By the end of the module, every learner has the documents and confidence needed to start applying for real roles.

A CV That Gets Noticed: Write Your Story
Interview Mastery: Be Ready for Anything
Your Online Presence: Linkedin and Beyond

Now learners take the materials they built in Module 2 and put them to work. We cover where and how to find jobs in Ireland, how to keep going through the inevitable rejections, and how to start a new role well. By the end of Module 3 every learner has applications going out, a resilience plan in place, and a first-day plan ready for the day a yes lands.

Finding Jobs: Where and How to Search
Handling Rejection and Building Resilience
Starting Your New Job: First Steps to Success

Module 4 is the start of the entrepreneurship pathway. Learners test whether their business idea is one real customers will pay for, choose the right legal structure for an Irish small business, and get to grips with the basic numbers (pricing, break-even, separating personal and business money) so they go in with their eyes open.

Do I Have a Business Idea? Validation and Testing
Business Fundamentals: Legal Structure and Registration
Personal Finance for Business: Separating Money

Module 5 turns a validated idea into a workable plan. Learners draft a business plan that funders and Local Enterprise Offices recognise, get to know their customers and competitors through practical market research, and design a marketing and sales strategy that fits a small budget.

Business Plan: Your Roadmap to Success
Market Research: Know Your Customer
Marketing and Sales: Getting Customers

The business is moving. Module 6 is about keeping it healthy and helping it grow on your terms. Learners get to grips with cashflow, accounting and Irish tax obligations, plan their first hire (or decide not to hire), and design a realistic growth strategy backed by Irish supports such as the Local Enterprise Office network and SOLAS.

Cashflow, Accounting and Bookkeeping Basics
People, Culture and Team Management
From Startup to Scale: Growth Strategies

A confident start. Learners take stock of their own skills, interests and values, map their career story to date, and build the everyday digital skills needed for both jobseeking and running a business in Ireland today. By the end of Module 1 every learner has a clear picture of where they are now and which pathway they want to take next: jobseeking, entrepreneurship, or both.

Know Yourself: Skills, Interests and Values
Your Career Story: Where Are You Now?
Digital Skills for Work and Business

Module 2 is the preparation block of the jobseeking pathway. Learners turn the self-knowledge from Module 1 into a strong CV and cover letter, prepare confidently for interviews using the STAR technique, and build a professional online presence on LinkedIn. By the end of the module, every learner has the documents and confidence needed to start applying for real roles.

A CV That Gets Noticed: Write Your Story
Interview Mastery: Be Ready for Anything
Your Online Presence: Linkedin and Beyond

Now learners take the materials they built in Module 2 and put them to work. We cover where and how to find jobs in Ireland, how to keep going through the inevitable rejections, and how to start a new role well. By the end of Module 3 every learner has applications going out, a resilience plan in place, and a first-day plan ready for the day a yes lands.

Finding Jobs: Where and How to Search
Handling Rejection and Building Resilience
Starting Your New Job: First Steps to Success

Module 4 is the start of the entrepreneurship pathway. Learners test whether their business idea is one real customers will pay for, choose the right legal structure for an Irish small business, and get to grips with the basic numbers (pricing, break-even, separating personal and business money) so they go in with their eyes open.

Do I Have a Business Idea? Validation and Testing
Business Fundamentals: Legal Structure and Registration
Personal Finance for Business: Separating Money

Module 5 turns a validated idea into a workable plan. Learners draft a business plan that funders and Local Enterprise Offices recognise, get to know their customers and competitors through practical market research, and design a marketing and sales strategy that fits a small budget.

Business Plan: Your Roadmap to Success
Market Research: Know Your Customer
Marketing and Sales: Getting Customers

The business is moving. Module 6 is about keeping it healthy and helping it grow on your terms. Learners get to grips with cashflow, accounting and Irish tax obligations, plan their first hire (or decide not to hire), and design a realistic growth strategy backed by Irish supports such as the Local Enterprise Office network and SOLAS.

Cashflow, Accounting and Bookkeeping Basics
People, Culture and Team Management
From Startup to Scale: Growth Strategies

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