The Explorer Young Leader program is a great opportunity for young people to learn new skills that will help them in their future endeavours.
There is a great scout PDF document that helps outline how to express the skills a young person has learned in Scouting when applying for jobs or university. Please click this link to open the PDF from the scouting website – Getting Ahead – Scouting and Employability . This PDF includes tips for including the key skills below in CV’s and preparing for interview questions.
- Leadership
- Communicating with people of different ages
- Interpersonal skills
- Independence
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Commitment
- Able to cope with responsibility
- Decision making
- Trustworthy