Job application and interview skills

This course maps to capability: 1
COST Prices include GST and are subject to change
Member
$616.00
Group Booking
$627.00
Non-Member
$649.00

Pre-Course Requirements

  • Participants are asked to bring to the workshop a previous job application, a copy of their resume and a job for which they wish to apply.

Overview

This workshop provides practical knowledge and skills in addressing selection criteria in the public sector, writing résumés and performing well in job interviews in the public or private sector.

Course Content

This workshop is for people who want to improve their job application and interview skills. It gives participants proven methods, tips and hints for writing better job applications and performing better in interviews. Participants have practical interactive individual and group exercises to practise in the safety of the training room. They learn effective and simple processes for preparing a job application, including addressing selection criteria, selecting the best referees and getting the best references from them, and ways of constructing a winning résumé that can be adapted to any job application in the public or private sector. They learn ways of performing better at interviews, including overcoming nerves and answering questions more effectively.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course attendees should be able to:

  • understand the selection process generally used in the public sector
  • learn tried and tested, easy-to-apply methods and tips to address selection criteria more effectively
  • get the best out of their referees
  • write outstanding covering letters
  • learn tried and tested, easy-to-apply methods and tips to improve interview techniques, including overcoming nerves
  • construct a winning résumé to use as the basis for any job application in the public or private sector.

Benefits to your organisation

  • provision of better career progression for staff
  • staff assisted to become more effective and efficient in their job application process
  • happier staff as they will be more likely to get the job they want, including the one they may be acting in

Benefits to you

  • proven methodology that can be applied to any job application and skills to write a well-constructed résumé to support your application
  • selection criteria to maximise your chances of getting an interview
  • interview skills and the confidence to give your best interview every time