Writing Personal Statements

Writing Personal Statements

Author: EC Publishing
£2.90

For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines. 2 hour, fully resourced lesson on writing personal statements. The lesson is divided into two parts, one focuses on personal statements for job applications, the other on personal statements for university or colleges. Students will firstly investigate what personal statements are, why they are needed and how potential employers (and also university tutors) look through them, before studying excellent and poor examples in detail, then writing their own in three stages using the guidance given.

For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines. 2 hour, fully resourced lesson on writing personal statements. The lesson is divided into two parts, one focuses on personal statements for job applications, the other on personal statements for university or colleges. Students will firstly investigate what personal statements are, why they are needed and how potential employers (and also university tutors) look through them, before studying excellent and poor examples in detail, then writing their own in three stages using the guidance given.