Explorers Employability Skills Activity Badge
Explorers Employability Skills Activity Badge
Exploring employability skills will help you prepare for the future, whether you're applying for jobs, apprenticeships, or further education. Take on challenges that will boost your confidence and get you ready for the world of work!
Complete three activities. You could:
Discover - Research the transferrable soft skills that Employers look for.
Identify how your time in Explorers may contribute to these skills.
Experience - Build some mock interviews for another person in your Unit.
Have a go at both interviewing and being interviewed and giving feedback.
Mobilise - Get in touch with some local employers and businesses in your area, and ask them to run some employability sessions.
These could include mock interviews, discussions on what careers are available, and the transferrable skills they look for.
Solve - Set up some scenarios or simulations of conflicts you may face in Scouting, in School/College or other parts of your life.
Could you implement some conflict resolution skills? Try acting out different scenarios to see what techniques work, and evaluate as a group at the end.
Create - Create your CV through a medium not usually seen in job applications.
This could be a fun video, or a presentation using specific software or techniques or a song – whatever will help you to express your skills, knowledge, experience, and ultimately, why you should be hired.
Tips
- Lots of skills are useful when looking for a job. Some key skills are:
• Critical thinking
• Adaptability
• Emotional intelligence
• Conflict resolution
• Learning new skills quickly - Why not come up with a challenge based on one of the above themes and then challenge your fellow Explorers to complete it?
- To get the badge, you can either try some of our example activities, or come up with your own with support from a Scouts volunteer or trusted adult. The activities should be challenging for you and take a reasonable amount of time.
- Lots of skills are useful when looking for a job. Some key skills are:
Offer flexibility and encourage Explorers to tailor their badge to their interests and skill set.
Everyone has different skills and experiences, so try to consider their starting point when choosing what they will achieve.
As a rough guide, an Activity Badge should be achievable within 3 weeks of activities.- When taking part in adventurous activities, remember to let someone know:
- Where you’re going.
- Who you’re with.
- What time you plan to be finished.
- A plan for communicating your progress.
- Ask for help if you're visiting new places or trying new activities.
- Buddy up – take part in activities with another Explorer or friend, so you can experience and try new things together.
- Complete you own risk assessment based on your plans and ask an adult volunteer to check it for you.
- When taking part in adventurous activities, remember to let someone know:
- All activities for this badge must be safely managed and locally approved.
- Volunteers must make sure they have completed a thorough risk assessment and taken appropriate steps to reduce risks.
- Use the safety checklist to help plan and risk assess the activity.
Badges will be available to purchase from Scout Store later in September, please check back for updates.
June 2026.
Requirements can be adapted to suit each young persons abilities. See our guidance on flexibility.