Careers Education Presentations - Young Professional Skills

Free teaching resources - help your students develop five key Young Professional skills for life and work

What are the five key life and work skills? Why are they important? How can young people develop them? These PowerPoint presentations help students and young people aged 14-24 develop their potential, strengths and prospects before entering the workplace.

Each presentation should take no more than ten minutes to run through. These resources have been written with KS4 students in mind, but you can adapt content to suit your audience. In addition to presentations on employability skills you’ll find an introductory presentation to complete the process.

What are Young Professional skills?

Download Starter Pack (PDF)

Find out how to embed the free Young Professional programme with young people requiring careers education support.

Download Kickoff Presentation (PPT)

Introduce the concept of Young Professional Membership and how young people can develop life skills to invest in their future.

Download Powerpoint slideshows:

Communication

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Self Management

Self Belief

Introduction

More about Young Professional Training

Our free Young Professional programme supports young people aged 14-24 in building the five key life skills to support them in their understanding of the world of work: communication, problem solving, self belief, self management and teamwork.

Our teaching resources help professionals and educators embed careers learning to develop students' understanding of their career options and how to develop the skills all employers are looking for from school onwards.

Please register as a member and download the Young Professional Starter Pack (PDF) for more information.

Teachers: How can you embed free Young Professional training careers learning?

Training skills for life. In school and beyond.

Youth Employment UK offers free Young Professional training to all young people aged 14-24. They can use it to recognise, value and develop top skills which support their employability and self-development.