S5/6 Interview Day – 2nd December 2011
As part of our career education and post-school destination planning programme, on Fri 2nd Dec, Girvan Academy held its second S5/6 Interview Day, supported by Mapeley Estates Management Company.
A scenario was created that a major leisure and cultural centre was opening in Girvan, and that a management company was recruiting for a wide range of posts, from an Operations Manager to a Cinema Assistant.
S5 and S6 pupils ‘applied’ for one of these posts and were then interviewed, in a very formal and realistic manner, by guest interviewers from local and national employers and businesses. including Turnberry, Asda, Mapeley and the Royal Navy.
165 pupils were interviewed in Carrick Buildings, during a very hectic morning. The interviewers completed an assessment matrix, and at the end of the event 17 pupils were the successful candidates and ‘got the job’. The successful candidates received a certificate and a gift voucher. All pupils received feedback from their interviews with tips to improve.
The evaluations from pupils, interviewers and parents were extremely positive, and we have already pencilled in next year’s event in Dec 2012, with interviewers already booked up!
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