10 Summary

This week, you have deepened your understanding of how to present your best self to the people who can offer you the work in an interview situation. You should feel more confident about how to handle these opportunities and also better prepared for what to expect in different situations. These should all help you to be successful in the future.

This is the culmination of three weeks of work on understanding your strengths, aspirations and options. Congratulations for reaching this point – it is great achievement. You should now feel that you can:

• explore different types of interview
• consider how to prepare for interviews
• explore question types and how to handle them
• practise answering interview questions
• enhance your confidence in performing well at interview.

During the past three weeks, you have been drawing out your thoughts on:

• who you are
• how to put together a convincing written presentation of your abilities
• how to put those abilities across in situations where you are trying to secure a job or access the work you want.

Alongside the ideas and arguments you have encountered, you have been encouraged to apply the ideas to your own situation and to reflect on your experiences. Your notebook is now your ‘resource bank’ of ideas about what matters to you, where you might want to take your interests and what you need to do to achieve them.

It is a great achievement to complete the course, and you have also taken the first steps that may enable you to achieve your goals. Always keep these in mind and good luck with fulfilling your career aspirations.

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