Employment
Preparing for, deciding and taking action on employment.
You will find information about pathway and employment options in the career information section of this site.
This section includes writing CV's, interview preparation, and finding employment.
Writing a CV
Your CV should shout out "Choose ME"
Your CV needs to highlight your strengths, skills, attitudes and achievements.
Check out the information below. Ask Mrs Green for any help or to edit your CV.
What are employers looking for?
Employability skills
There are seven skills that make up the ‘employability skills’. These are:
Other employability skills include
Interview preparation
Be prepared, know your skills and strengths, make a good impression, answer with confidence.
Mrs Green can help with interview preparation.
Be clean and tidy, well groomed
Be on time
Smile
Be prepared
Finding employment
Where can you look for employment opportunities?
Personal contacts, recruitment websites, recruitment agencies, cold calling, volunteering
Personal contacts.
Tell everyone you know, friends, whanau etc that you are looking for work.
Work is often gained through friends and whanau
Volunteering
If you don't have a current job or are under 16, try volunteering to gain experience which will lead to paid employment.
Company Websites
If there is a company you want to work for check out their website for employment and approach the company directly
Managing your money and wellbeing while being employed at school or after school
Budgeting, Kiwisaver, tax, staying well and staying positive
Phone: 06 358 4971
Email: office@freyberg.ac.nz
Office Open 7.30am to 4.00pm - Monday to Friday
Phone: 06 358 4971 ext. 709
Email: DravitskiP@freyberg.ac.nz
or use the absence feature on the Freyberg App
Freyberg High School
33 Freyberg Street Roslyn
Palmerston North 4414