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All in a days work
At the age of fifteen, thinking about full time employment may not be your first priority, however year 10 students from St Joseph’s Business and Enterprise College, Workington were reminded that the world of work is closer than they think during their work ready day on the 9 March 2012.
Throughout the day various work related workshops took place, which included a session on interview skills, how to complete an application form and a nerve racking experience of a mock interview with representatives from various organisations.
Some of Sellafield Ltd’s Science, Technology. Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ambassadors joined personnel from Stobbarts Ltd, Connexions and Lakes College, Cumbria to conduct a twelve minute interview with each student after which they completed an interview feedback form on their ‘prospective employee’.
The ambassadors, all from different site backgrounds, had some pre-prepared questions which included - what motivates you? what can you offer your employer? and how would you deal with the situation if you were asked to do something you weren’t comfortable with?.
Commenting on the day, business manager, Sybil Worsley, said: “This is the first year we have run the event ourselves and it has gone very well. The work ready day was organised to help assist students undertaking work experience next week as part of a process where we have been offering lots of help with career choices”.
Pauline Farrell, education manager, Sellafield Ltd, said:” The mock interview session formed part of a series of work related projects which we have collaborated on with St Joseph’s throughout the year and we look forward to supporting them in the future”.
