Assignment task
A written analysis of the external environment of your chosen industry sector, or type of organisation, and associated employment/ skills issues. This analysis is designed to be an up-to-date and informed aid to you in seeking your ideal job and tailoring your efforts to securing it. As such it will be assessed primarily on how useful it is likely to be to you as a summary of your knowledge and understanding of the sector in which you wish to work. You should aim to produce a 1,500 word analysis (a reasonable sized reference document that could be taken to interviews/easily consult when making applications). You should include a list of sources (not included in the word count). As this is not a piece of academic writing, you do not need to reference extensively throughout the text, although it will be useful to you if you attribute key facts e.g. ‘Fruit flavoured ciders experienced the strongest growth in the sector in 2014’ (Mintel, 2015) and you do need to use Harvard referencing style correctly.