1. STATE STREET Wrap-up Session Tuesday, Feb. 25th 2014 By 5th year students State Street, Schools Business Partnership -Skills @ Work.

2. HOW DOES SKILLS @ WORK WORK?  Overview of Company  CV Workshop  Presentation Skills  Interview Preparation  Mock Interviews

3. WHAT DID WE LEARN?  State Street is the largest in their field in Ireland.  They work with millions of euros every day.  They are responsible for investing this money and making even more money for their clients.  The level of responsibility and stress must be huge.  AND

4. CV WORKSHOP A CV must be…  Short  Concise  Relevant  Use different and relevant headings  1-2 pages is sufficient  Edit and edit again  Make it interesting  Make sure you know your CV

5. INTERVIEW PREPARATION  Initial impression is important – 7 seconds  You already have the job  The interview is you  You are delivering your version of your CV  Be polite, friendly, confident and smile  Maintain eye contact  Do your preparation  Always practice  Always ask questions

6. Before  Anxious  Focused  Nervous  Excited  Confident  Apprehensive  Scared MOCK INTERVIEWS

7. After  Relieved  Glad  Happy  Positive  Overwhelmed  Sense of achievement  Delighted MOCK INTERVIEWS

8. WE SAY…  This was fun and interesting  Gerry’s sense of humour is legend and we will remember his advice in the years ahead  Well worth taking part in this programme  We will remember the suggestions / the advice when we enter the world of work  I’m glad our class was able to take part in this programme  The mock interviews were very practical and useful  It was great to be able to visit State Street and experience a “real interview”

9.  I know how to layout my CV properly  Got some useful tips for my next interview  We got to see State Street from the inside and what Gerry and Shane really do!!!!!

10. WHAT WOULD WE CHANGE? More Sessions per week To have a question and answer session To have a team building exercise Bigger Group – session on attendance (to highlight its importance)

11. THANK YOU We the 5 th year students of KCVS would like to thank Gerry, Shane and Clodagh for giving us this opportunity to take part in the Skills @ Work programme and for providing us with a great opportunity to get a real insight into State Street and the world of work. We really appreciate you all giving up your time for us.

12. LOOK HOW WE HAVE CHANGED!!!!!!!!!