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Closing The Gap Employability Course Success
28 Jan 2008
The employability course designed by Closing The Gap has run in 2 schools in the Glasgow area. The course runs for 6 weeks and aims to improve employability skills.
Lochend Community High - presented by:
Thus
Ramada Jarvis
Sodexho
John Wheatley College
John Paul Academy – presented by:
Boots
Morris and Spottiswood
Baker Tilly
An average of 10 pupils attended and the feedback is as follows:
The individual sessions were rated on how useful they were, the higher the percentage, the more useful the session.
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Session 1 – C.V’s, covering letters and letters of application |
83% |
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Session 2 – Application forms |
75% |
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Session 3 – Interview preparation |
83% |
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Session 4 – Mock Interview |
85% |
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Session 5 – Mock interview |
75% |
The pupils were also asked the following two questions and rated from 1 to 5. 1 is not prepared, 5 is extremely prepared.
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How ready for work do you feel you were prior to the course? |
2.71 |
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How ready for work do you feel now? |
4.00 |
This is a movement of some 47% in readiness for the job market.