{"id":18652,"date":"2016-03-01T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/?p=700"},"modified":"2016-03-01T00:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T00:00:08","slug":"an-esb-qualification-shows-employers-that-you-can-communicate-says-cbis-north-west-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/an-esb-qualification-shows-employers-that-you-can-communicate-says-cbis-north-west-director\/","title":{"rendered":"An ESB qualification shows employers that you can communicate, says CBI’s North West Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ESB improves employability skills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Damian Waters, Director of CBI in the North West said that his ESB qualification “most definitely” gave him employability skills. He said:<\/p>\n

My ESB examination was my first experience of public speaking, but I think one of my key strengths now is public engagement and presentations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Damian says that ESB played a key role in his personal and professional development:<\/p>\n

ESB started me off on the right track and gave me that initial confidence to find my voice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He added:<\/p>\n

An ESB qualification is great to have and be able to show employers that you can engage with colleagues, clients and customers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He recalled his experience of taking his ESB exam over 30 years ago:<\/p>\n

I remember that I had to make a speech to a panel of assessors and other pupils from my school and recite a poem that was committed to memory. I can still remember the poem today!<\/p>\n

I can clearly remember the feedback I received from the assessors; they spoke about the importance of being myself, engaging with the audience and presenting in a professional manner. I make dozens of speeches each year and I still try to stick to those words of advice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Damian passed on some words of guidance to youngsters preparing for presentations:<\/p>\n

Prepare properly, but don’t learn a script as it can come across as a bit fake. Always remember that the audience wants to enjoy the experience – they are willing you on!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damian Waters, Director of CBI in the North West said that his ESB qualification “most definitely” gave him employability skills. He said: My ESB examination was my first experience of public speaking, but I think one of my key strengths now is public engagement and presentations. Damian says that ESB played a key role in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employability","category-social-mobility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}