Job Application Programme
Full-day programme
Private price: £1500 + VAT pp
Group price: email TimHenckens@debretts.co.uk for information
Amid the whirlwind of A-levels or final exams, job applications may be the last thing on your mind. Adequate preparation at this crucial stage in your career, however, can have an untold impact on your future, helping you secure that all-important foothold in the professional world. Debrett’s Job Application Programme will ensure your CV and cover letter distinguish you from other candidates, communicating to prospective employers the experience and competencies that make you unique. The course also covers interview preparation, ensuring you are fully primed to handle unexpected questions with confidence and to demonstrate the range of your skills and knowledge when meeting future employers.
The Modules
Introducing yourself – your CV
Written CVs and Video CVs receive a professional review, with tips and tricks for improvement and polish and ensuring it is actually read
Writing your cover letter
Ensure your cover letter is representative, adaptable and combines the professional with the personal
Online profiling
Learn about and discuss the risks and pitfalls of your online preseence
Building your case
Answering those tricky and competency-based questions, structuring answers and making seemingly basic experience relevant
“Taking this training at Debrett’s really helped me feel much more confident for my interview.” - O.H. 24 [2014] (now on a graduate scheme with Allen & Overy)
It helped me feel much more confident for my interview.
Programme Objectives: Key Outcomes
- Students will leave with a strong and attractive CV as well as knowledge of how to tailor it for a range of job applications
- Students will understand how to write a convincing and authentic cover letter that will persuade a company to invite them for an interview
- Students will gain access to exclusive key insights from business leaders which contextualise and support the preparation for the interview process
- Students will learn how to deal confidently with challenging interview questions, including competency and evidence-based questions
- Students will be adequately prepared and will feel confident in their ability to be invited to an interview and to navigate their way through the interview process successfully
I believe that my CV will now appeal more to potential employers.
As a natural follow-on to this programme, consider attending the Interview Preparation and Entering the Workplace programmes and advance the skills you will have acquired