![\"some](\"http:\/\/i267.photobucket.com\/albums\/ii311\/dale_lane\/080425-slides.jpg\")
<\/p>\nThis week was another chance to get away from my desk for a day.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Support U 2<\/b> Still, the day was a big success – in particular a couple of hours in the afternoon where young people each received one-on-one interviews from IBMers. Each interview was about ten minutes long, after which they’d get feedback on their interview technique before moving on to an interview with another IBMer. Very tiring – for both the young people, and the volunteer interviewers! – but I think it went well. There was a noticeable improvement in the young people’s interviews as the afternoon went on. <\/p>\n (And a big thanks to Nick<\/a>, James<\/a> and Andy<\/a> for being amongst the fantastic volunteer interviewers. There were several others – I’d link to them all, but couldn’t find them online anywhere… \ud83d\ude42<\/em>)<\/p>\n That was last week’s day away from my desk. <\/p>\n
\nLast Thursday, I spent the day in Hursley House running a careers training day for young people<\/a>. The morning was spent on how to write CVs, and the afternoon focused on interview skills. It was a part of the current phase of my mentoring project, Support U 2. I’ve written about Support U 2 already (both before<\/a> and after<\/a>), which is why I didn’t post about last week at the time – although the project has continued to be been refined and improved, the aims and general ideal is still much the same as I’ve written before. <\/p>\n
![IBM](\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3141\/2441572944_4169a5bd29_d.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n