What are the most "employable" courses to have done?

Wanderer2010

I know experience counts for a lot in a job/getting a job etc but Im working in my current office role for 6 years now and recently have done a few courses, some personal (learning Spanish), others practical (PC maintenance), but if i wanted to add some to my CV or LinkedIn what are the most employable courses to have to your name, in that employers would be impressed by the skill and not your usual Advanced Excel or things like that?

Im thinking of doing Train the Trainer and using that as a role in my current job but what are the best part time/college by evening courses that would help your career?

Mr. Loverman

This is a very vague question.

What do you want to work as?

starlit

Any course is employable what you put into it you get out of it but some courses are less employable than others. If there isn't the jobs or few of them there but a lot of it is down to the recession not enough investment and demand. You can't go wrong with traditional jobs, IT and business. Though some disciplines you are limited in that you need to go abroad to find work. IT you really need to love it and be good at it and keep your paitence with it though. Its not for everyone. If you got a talent or a knack for something like numbers accounting might be worth looking at or if you bubbly and talk easily to people then Marketing or Sales be options to look into.

To impress an employer is to have the basic skills in IT and along with relevant suitable experience. How you stand out from other candidates what can you offer they can't such as foreign language could stand you out over someone that hasn't even for a basic admin job. Personality and qualities and suiting to the company and the role is still important. Its transferable skills and competency skills as well as showing proof and examples of your previous work experience such as teamwork example things like that is what they are looking for. No matter how much potential you have you still need to meet the needs of the company and the role. IT is very wide such as basic things like Microsoft Office, ECDL, then again you have more in depth like Technical Support, PC Maintenance, CISCO/Networking, LAN/WAN, web and software programming, data analytics, multimedia. Computer science is very different to one main area of IT/Computer Science. Computer science just touches the surface. IT is different to computer science as well. IT is more geared to the business side of technology. Computer Science more engineering/technical/science. To further your career in it you need hands on experience, certs and in-depth knowledge and specialise.

Business route might be a better road to go but all depends what you like and what you are good at. Your personality and interests as well as aptitude tests/personality tests or myers briggs tests like them can help identify what careers are suited if you feel like not going to a career professional or job coach or a recruitment agency. best of luck!

smcgiff

^^ excellent advice given the info you have from the OP.