In my time working in major business what I have realized is that the talent is not always the top of the class student.
Trust me.
I work with colleagues who are insane good at what they do, and they never went to university. They never finished their education. They just came into the workplace and made their way up the ladder using graft and hard work. Of course, before all of this there is the question of how you get the job?
It all starts and ends with the job interview.
As someone who has interviewed over 500 young candidates and someone that has been interviewed a number of times, I feel like I have the cheat codes for these things.
In my view talented young people often don’t get to where they want to be because they simply can’t sell their skills.
I see it all the time. Brilliant talented people who you know could do the job but don’t get past the line because they don’t let their personality shine.
I am really happy to announce that I will be working with schools in Leicester and Derby on a mentoring program that coaches students on how to perform at an interview.
It will be a one-to-one based project where I can feedback everything back live and give them pointers as we go along.
The goal is to ensure that young people have all the tools so that when they land an interview, they are ready. The grand plan is to partner with larger organizations in order to deliver this as a full-time project.
