#CertifiedModularTraining
Develop personal skills for employability and entrepreneurship
Duration
25 hours
UC
00705
Credit Points
2.25
Objectives
- Recognise the importance of self-knowledge for the process of improvement and lifelong learning.
Identify personal and professional skills.
Reflect on skills needs and gaps.
Define guidelines for a personal and professional action plan.
Reflect on the skills acquired/developed.
Research data on job opportunities in the labour market.
Write a cover letter and speculative application.
Write a cover letter and application for a job.
Write a professional CV.
Research the organisation offering the vacancy.
Prepare for the job interview.
Gather and analyse information on business ideas and opportunities.
Identify the stages of setting up a business.
Describe the business idea.
Contents
Employability.
Entrepreneurship.
Job interviews and interviewee behaviour.
Entrepreneur skills profile.
Self-reflection – biopsychosocial development, life experience.
Communication – deconstructing formality, stereotypes and prejudice.
Levels of awareness – personal and social.
Emotion management.
Emotional intelligence – types of intelligence, intrapersonal and interpersonal dimensions, behavioural influence.
Empowerment and personal training – benefits.
Expectation management.
Personal and professional action plan.
Entrepreneurship and starting your own business – principles, models and stages.
Self-assessment of skills and performance.
Enrollments Open
North (online)
Enrollments open
February 2, 2026
Center
Enrollments open
November 11 to December 2, 2025
Armamar
Junta de Freguesia de Armamar
Center (online)
Enrollments open
February 2, 2026
South (online)
Enrollments open
February 2, 2026