Employability Skills

Welcome to the FE News tag page: We have thought leadership and content from Careers Advice and Guidance experts, to Prison Education and Offender Learning, to Employability specialists writing about future strategies to help people into work, or return into work or help reverse the NEET problems with strategies written peer to peer for other Employability and Skills experts. We also have the latest labour market info from Gov bodies such as the ONS monthly labour market stats to commercial sector labour market experts.

Why are Employability Skills important to the UK economy and individuals?

Developing strong employability skills is key to getting hired and succeeding. This tag page provides resources to help you build those essential abilities employers want.

Learn how to showcase your abilities like communication, critical thinking, and time management. Posts will cover how to articulate your skills to employers and translate what you’ve learned to workplace scenarios.

Check out tips for demonstrating your employability skills in interviews and on the job. Get advice on taking initiative early at a new job, dealing with setbacks constructively, and advancing your career over time.

Videos, courses, templates, and expert articles will help you feel empowered. Build a versatile professional profile highlighting your knowledge.

Whether you’re preparing for that first job or looking to take the next career step, these resources will help develop essential employability skills. Gain insight into what employers want and how to build those key abilities.

What are the professional bodies for the Employability Sector?

There are a few professional bodies for the Employability Sector:

ERSA – The Employment Related Services Association. Here is a link to the ERSA newsroom on FE News for their latest thought leadership articles.

ERSA is the national membership body for the employment support sector, campaigning for high quality services for the UK’s jobseekers and low earner.

IEP – the Institute of Employability Professionals

Did you know that the IEP was launched on FE News back in July 2012? The IEP has grown from a UK based organisation into an  international membership body for employability professionals, the people who support others gain work, progress in work and retain work. Here is an article from current IEP CEO Scott Parkin on the progress of IEP over the past 12 years.

The IEP as a member body has different members levels from Fellow (FIEP), the Member (MIEP) etc.

The AELP (Association of Employment and Learning Providers) is a member body for Independent Training Providers (ITPs), Work Based Learning and Employability. Back in 2011 the ALP (the Association of Learning Providers), added an E to their name and become the Association of Employment and Learning Providers. Here is a sector reaction video on ALP becoming AELP from back in 2011.