Page 74 - Bellfort Issue 3 2014

Careers—Year 14 Interview Skills Day Eye4Education, an innova- tive educational consul- tancy, arrived bright and early at Dunclug College on th 10 March along with busi- ness advisors from North- ern Ireland to deliver a real- istic and challenging As- sessment Centre Pro- gramme to Year 14 stu- The Bellfort corporate the completion The pupils battled hard. sors who took time out of dents. The four stages in- of an application form for a specific job, an aptitude Many excelled at each their busy schedules to of- test, a group assessment fer their much valued skills stage; however, elimination and an individual interview. At the end of the process, After much deliberation, of recruitment and selec- four candidates are was inevitable for some. and expertise in the world ‘offered the job’ and re- the four posts up for grabs tion. David Lyttle of Wright- ceive a prize for their were awarded to Samantha bus was very impressed achievement. Graham, Laura Morrow, with the students’ endeav- Jordan McCullough and ours - “Brilliant effort by all Pupils taking part in the As- Aaron McLeister. A de- the students. I visit quite a sessment Centre chal- lighted Samantha said - “I lot of schools with eye4edu- lenge, came prepared, took a lot from the experi- cation and this was a very dressed in professional at- ence, I now know what my competitive assessment tire and armed with the strengths and weaknesses and also a real world as- knowledge gained from the are in the interview and sessment least we forget. preparation workshop de- selection process and I can The students’ behaviour livered by Darren Nixon try to improve on these and professionalism was and Ted Jensen. Before areas.” second to none. Well done the event, pupils were ex- Dunclug College – very im- cited and determined to be Dunclug College and pressive.” part of the last four stand- eye4education would like ing. to thank the business advi- 74