Network, network, network! If you want to get hired by the best companies out there, you’ll need to develop your employability skills. These are the tools and techniques you need to effectively market yourself to potential employers to get an interview. Networking is...
When job searching, we can often overlook the importance of soft skills and focus more on the hard skills we have. However, soft skills are just as, if not more, important than hard skills – they make us employable. Today, we’re going to be talking about soft...
Our mission at Making The Leap is to support young people from socially diverse backgrounds, in their journeys to accessing great careers. This year we launched our very first Virtual Work Experience in schools in partnership with Kraft-Heinz and we were extremely...
By Saida Mahamed What are employability skills? They are a set of attributes that clues employers in to how ’employable’ you are. These skills are also crucial in helping to maintain your career, helping you to further develop professionally....
In October, we had incredible masterclass sessions from two exciting industries – Technology and Journalism. First, our Fellows and Associates were given an up-close look into the world of Technology by employees of multimedia messaging app, Snapchat. Members of the...