Students attend mock interviews

Around 90 per cent of Brisbane Water Secondary College's Year 9 students participated in mock interviews on November 28, 29 and 30.

The exercise gave students the opportunity to attend a realistic interview with employers and community representatives from the Central Coast.

"Often this is the first interview our students have attended and it should help to equip them with good interview strategies that they can build on as they gain more education and experience," said College careers and transition advisor Ms Yvette Beemster.

"Students were able to indicate negative comments on a feedback slip, however, none did," said Ms Beemster.

In their feedback, students said that they felt the interviews were useful and they were able to gain a lot from the process, that they felt confident in the interview and that they gained positive feedback which they could use in a real situation.

"On a scale from one to 10 (one being not very effective and 10 being very effective), 56 per cent of our students rated their interview as either a nine or 10.

"Twenty-seven per cent of students rated their interview an eight and 16 per cent rated the interview as a seven.

"Students also had the opportunity to write a comment.

"All the comments were positive," said Ms Beemster.

Media Release, 14 Dec 2012

Yvette Beemster, Brisbane Water Secondary College