Employability Event – online webinar

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Kathleen O'Neill for 150 students at Dixons Fazakerley Academy aged Age 15 - 17.

Event description

Interviews - A Masterclass

Nick Kuenssberg OBE will be joined by Sherry Coutu CBE, who is executive chair and founder of Founders4Schools as well as a successful serial entrepreneur and board member of organisations including Raspberry Pi and the London Stock Exchange.

Having got through to the final stage of the recruitment process, all that stands in the way of that job offer, is the interview.

Nick & Sherry will share their extensive knowledge to ensure students perform to the best of your ability on the day .

Students will learn how to prepare in advance so they enter the interview with confidence. They will be provided with example questions and answers ,covering the varying different interview types: competency based, strength based and behavioural . They will learn what steps to take after the interview to make sure the interviewer remembers them. At the end of the session they will understand what employers are looking for and learn how to tackle hard questions with confidence using the STAR technique.

How will Students benefit?
These events help students learn about a range of attributes to boost employability, to develop enterprise opportunities and to prepare for the world of work.
In addition to this, students will gain an in-depth understanding of why skills such as resilience, conflict resolution, communication and independence are important within the workplace.

Age Appropriacy: This type of event is appropriate for any student aged 5 through 24. Refer to our white paper pages 9 and 11 for more details. This white paper summarizes more than 100 externally validated research papers on career pathways for students.

Career Education Standard - I Can!
Here is one example per level of the areas of the "I can" framework that would typically be covered by engaging your young people in an employability event. Download the mapping document here for more!
By the end of second level - I can apply my skills to get more information about jobs/careers.
By the end of BGE - I can manage my profile, share it appropriately and justify my choice of evidence.
By the end of Senior Phase - I can draw appropriately on evidence from my skills profile to help me complete application forms, create CVs and when practising interview techniques.