{"id":398,"date":"2021-08-19T11:15:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2021-10-20T20:51:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T20:51:52","slug":"english-dyw-employability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/english\/english-dyw-employability\/","title":{"rendered":"English DYW &amp; Employability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Careers directly related to English:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial work<\/li>\n<li>Proof reader<\/li>\n<li>Journalism (newspapers, magazines etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Writer\/author<\/li>\n<li>Copywriter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Careers where English will be useful:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Librarian<\/li>\n<li>Administration<\/li>\n<li>Media researcher<\/li>\n<li>Public Relations Officer<\/li>\n<li>Social media manager<\/li>\n<li>Education consultant<\/li>\n<li>Law<\/li>\n<li>Police Officer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>University courses that require English at either Nat 5 or Higher:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Law<\/li>\n<li>Medicine<\/li>\n<li>English Literature<\/li>\n<li>History<\/li>\n<li>Film and Television Studies<\/li>\n<li>Any language course (German, Greek, Gaelic etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Music (MA)<\/li>\n<li>Politics<\/li>\n<li>Primary\/ Secondary teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Work skills desired by employers gained through studying English:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communication skills \u2013 highly valued<\/li>\n<li>Written skills<\/li>\n<li>Critical thinking skills<\/li>\n<li>Analytical skills<\/li>\n<li>Planning and Research skills<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork skills<\/li>\n<li>Resilience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Useful links &#8211; see these web articles below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prospects.ac.uk\/careers-advice\/applying-for-jobs\/what-skills-do-employers-want\">What Skills Do Employers Want?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgewateruk.com\/2018\/01\/10-key-skills-for-job\/#:~:text=Top%2010%20Key%20Skills%20for%20Any%20Job%3A%20What,a%20big%20impact%20on%20your%20success%20at%20work\">Key Skills that impact on Success<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/08\/covid-19-jobs-key-skills\/#:~:text=%20Here%E2%80%99s%20a%20deeper%20look%20at%20five%20in-demand,need%20to%20create%20a...%205%20Leadership%20More%20\">Essential Skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/skills-employers-want-most-during-pandemic-andrew-seaman\/?trackingId=kPiD9Oq7TUyW6uXXNrnHNA%3D%3D\">Skills employers want most<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Careers directly related to English: Editorial work Proof reader Journalism (newspapers, magazines etc.) Writer\/author Copywriter Careers where English will be useful: Librarian Administration Media researcher Public Relations Officer Social media manager Education consultant Law Police Officer University courses that require English at either Nat 5 or Higher: Law Medicine English Literature History Film and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/english\/english-dyw-employability\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">English DYW &amp; Employability<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11900,"featured_media":0,"parent":116,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions\/1526"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}