Club Participation with YouthAction NI 2014-15
It was a very successful day as a survey carried out on the day by Youth Action showed: GET SET project manager, Clare Conlon thanked members for their invaluable contribution. hover over images or click to enlarge and scroll through all 8 Club members participated in the Get Set to go Roadshow on 3 April 2014.
Feedback from YouthAction workers and the young people who attended was very positive; they felt they were more confident; learnt preparation is the key as well as the need to believe in yourself, sell yourself, be on time and be consistent. Their comments included:
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President Ken Morrison, Alvin McKinley, Chris Warnock and Eric Rainey led 2 workshops on Entrepreneurship. Incoming President Ronnie McLean, Past Presidents Brian Clements and Courtenay Thompson and Walter Rader conducted a similar series of workshops on Interview Skills.
11 Club members took part in the Get Set to Go Day held on Thursday 13 November 2014 and 5 participated Thursday 23 October 2014 in training interviews for 11 members of the YouthAction Youth Workers Apprentice Scheme.
A total of 44 training interviews were undertaken as each of the eleven youth worker apprentices experienced four different styles of interview – formal, less formal, one-to-one and by a telephone. These interviews took fifteen minutes including time for feed-back on how the interviewee had performed. The youth worker apprentices are aged 18-25 and are on an 18 month training programme to prepare them for application to youth worker courses the interviews being part of their essential skills building programme.
The interviewers were all very impressed by the high standard and dedication of these young people.