Resources and Tools for Planning and Organising Skills
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What is Planning and Organising?
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Planning and Organising Skills!
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Planning and Organising
Planning and Organising involves a number of tasks. Here are the general tasks you will need to do!
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Using your time wisely
The key to time management is to make the time and focus on the priorities.
Using your time is your choice. Use it wisely. 168 hours in a week! Consider a time diary to work out how you use your time! Priorities
Let's discuss the difference between important and urgent.
List 5 things you need to do today! Then decide which tasks are urgent and which are important? Which ones should you do first! |
How to prioritise
Choosing what to do first, requires us to think about what is really important and not so much about what is really urgent. Yes, you'll need to do the urgent things, but focus on the important things to do first! And don't do the things that are less urgent and less important!
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Think about your Career, Relationships and Yourself and choose 2-3 items which are important that you can plan into next week! What's important in your job, with your family and friends, what's important to yourself!
Planning an event
Time to put planning and organising into practice, let's plan an event. Use the below tool (Stay on your Feet) to help you plan.
Time to put planning and organising into practice, let's plan an event. Use the below tool (Stay on your Feet) to help you plan.
Choose from the following events to hold
- A morning or afternoon tea for staff, family or friends
- A visit to a popular tourist attraction or exhibition to observe how people use employability skills
- Making something (plant holders, cards, food) to sell at an event
- Any other ideas that could be completed in a day....and have a realistic budget
Planning should include
- Deciding on the event, date, day, time, duration
- Delegating and Determining roles - team leader (event manager) and other roles and who will do what
- Staying within Budget
Planning your Career
Career planning is an important skill. This requires you to plan what you want to achieve, which skills you need to improve on and which jobs and employment will be suitable.
Use the Career Plan Template and complete your Career Plan
Career planning is an important skill. This requires you to plan what you want to achieve, which skills you need to improve on and which jobs and employment will be suitable.
Use the Career Plan Template and complete your Career Plan
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Plan to get a job
To plan to get a job, you will need a Resume relevant to the position and a Cover letter. Here are some example letters and ideas for writing your Resume and Cover Letters.
Youth Central - Resume and Cover letters
Good and Bad Cover Letters
Other Great Resources from Youth Central
To plan to get a job, you will need a Resume relevant to the position and a Cover letter. Here are some example letters and ideas for writing your Resume and Cover Letters.
Youth Central - Resume and Cover letters
Good and Bad Cover Letters
Other Great Resources from Youth Central
