The DBS Career Services Team recently held a Careers Workshop with Amazon for our ICT Skills students in order to prepare them for their three month in-house industry placements, as part of their course.
The afternoon kicked off with an 'Interview Preparation Workshop' hosted by the DBS Careers Team. Rachel O' Farrell (Senior Careers Advisor & Team Lead) and Russell Ramsden (Work Placement Advisor) covered a range of topics to help improve students' interview skills.
Topics covered were:
• Interview Types
• Preparation Tips
• Mistakes to Avoid
• Dress to Impress
• Present yourself Professionally
• Body Language
• Common Interview Questions
• How to prepare answers
• Q&A Session
Amazon then joined the Careers Team where the students got the opportunity to meet some of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Team, led by Alan Reddy, Team Lead and DBS ICT Skills graduate, Jonathan Gildea, a Cloud Support Associate.
Jonathan and Alan then took the students through the history of Amazon, the AWS hiring process and gave some great tips and advice on how to apply for the many graduate roles they have on offer.
Student feedback and interaction in both workshops was excellent and the afternoon finished off with a lively Q&A session, where the AWS Team answered the many questions posed by students.
ICT Skills Conversion Programmes commence in April 2017, and can be studied both full and part-time, by those in employment. Contact [email protected] or call (01) 4177500.