Are you in a job you don’t like or which doesn’t satisfy you? Do you want a more responsible job with your current employer? Do you want to change jobs into a new career area? If the answer is ‘Yes’, then this free course, Understanding your sector, will help you.

Employers seek people who understand their businesses and the factors that most affect these. Working through this course will help you to explore these factors, to gain the inside knowledge to impress in applications and at interviews and to put together an action plan that is tailored for you.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• outline the differences between sectors, industries, professions and jobs
• describe the main factors that affect organisations and their performance
• describe different types of employer and the ways in which they recruit staff
• identify the principal sources of information to help you understand a sector
• reflect in light of this understanding and devise an appropriate plan of action.