HOW TO GET A JOB...…and how to succeed!

THIS TERM...

Mock interviews...

WHAT HAPPENS

You get an interview with a real interviewer on your own and you do all the preparation yourself!

WHAT HAPPENS

Learning and using the skills needed to get a job!

Application forms Letters of application, interview techniques, CV job research, personal statements

IT’S AS REAL AS WE CAN MAKE IT

Feedback is written and spoken

You can keep the written feedback in your Record of Achievement

INTERVIEWERS FROM... Training 2000 RAF Army (yes!) Burnley College Blackburn College Accrington and Rossendale College ICT company Northern Foods St Mary’s College St Christopher’s Sixth Form NHS Accrington Rotary Club North Lancs Training Group Thomas Whitham Sixth Form Alder Grange Sixth Form... and other places!

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE?

Interview experience A good report Positive feedback Information about jobs Practice at using your Record of

Achievement Increased confidence To see if you can make the grade! A qualification

START BY…

Choosing a job or college course or training open to a school leaver

e.g.?

CHOOSING A JOB OR COLLEGE COURSE OR TRAINING OPEN TO A SCHOOL LEAVER

e.g. A levels Apprenticeship Vocational college courses Forces Entry level courses

...no pilots, astronauts or doctors though it’s a good ideas to have a long term job aim.

PREPARE BY

Researching your job/training be able to say where you want to go

Know the exact name of the course, training etc

e.g. Hair-dressing level 2 at Blackburn College?

WITHIN ONE WEEK YOU MUST…

be able to complete an application for the job/training for a mock interview

This does not HAVE to be the one you want to do when you leave school

Where can you obtain useful information for this?

WHAT YOU NEED...

Information about a job or course you like

What would an interviewer think if you turned up for the interview with printouts of useful information from your research?

S/HE WOULD BE VERY IMPRESSED !

You would have shown you were interested and keen

You would have shown you knew HOW to research

You would know useful information You would have an advantage over everyone

else!

WHERE CAN YOU FIND INFORMATION?

The school webpage has a careers section www.connexions-direct.com/

whichwaynow http://www.steps4me.co.uk/ http://www.cascaid.co.uk/kudos www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u

YOU HAVE USED KUDOS ALREADY... CAN YOU REMEMBER?

It’s on the school careers page

KUDOS

Go to www.cascaid.co.uk/kudos Use the Kudos symbol to sign in Go to Use Kudos. is the license code. Set up your own account. Remember to tick agreeing to conditions at

the bottom. Write down your login details in your planner

so you don’t forget. Read the “Getting Started” guide.

TIMELINE

Today- briefing Next few weeks- 1 or 2 lessons

(RE/Citizenship) about how to apply for a job/how to survive an interview

Just before half term, you will get a letter telling you and your parents/carer when your interview is and what to expect.

Half term; prepare your smart clothes, your ROA, your CV, your letter of application...

7th June: interview.

HELP AVAILABLE...

Kudos The school careers webpage 1 lesson (maybe 2) Tutor time Parents/carers/family Someone who has been for an interview

recently The Internet Be prepared

PREPARE BY Researching your

job/training Filling in an application

form Writing a letter of

application Practising questions Preparing your Record

of Achievement Choosing your

clothes… Preparing YOUR

questions Preparing a CV

FINAL DETAILS

Good luck!