Accredited Units
- (FSKOCM005) Use oral communication skills for effective workplace presentations
Course Overview
Gain experience in job interviews with our Mock Interview Workshop – and you will become an experienced interview superstar in no time!
This workshop assumes your knowledge from the Winning Interview Skills Workshop. If you are not confident in your interview skills, consider doing the Winning Interview Skills Workshop first.
You will be given plenty of opportunities to showcase and practice your winning interview skills in a real life-like interview. Learn to formulate smart, appropriate answers and understand your weak spots.
Come ready for anything. On the day you might be attending one or more of the listed job interview types:
- Pre-Screening
- Group
- Web Conferencing
- Panel
- Presentation
By the end of the workshop, you will have gained real-life practice in a variety of job interview styles and have become more confident in your job interviews.
This course is part of our Work Ready Program. The Macquarie Community College (MCC) Careers Centre can provide you with professional careers guidance and help you jump on the pathway to your next job!
We recommend that you take the first step to becoming work ready and undertake an ERS Career Development Assessment using the Employment Readiness Scale™ (ERS) tool. The ERS is an online self-assessment tool that measures how ready you are for work, identifies gaps in work readiness, creates action plans to move you towards becoming work ready and makes referrals to programs and services to help you find work.
Where to from here? After this course, the next step in the Employment Readiness Program is to work on the skill gaps that have been identified. Our 1 day job ready workshops are perfect for all abilities and include:
- Career Decision Making – Career Planning
- Job Skills Match
- Skills Profile and Skills in Demand
- CREATE your Personal Brand – LinkedIn
- Write a Winning Resume
- Write a Winning Cover Letter
- Winning Interview Skills
- Reflect on Past Successes
- Self Esteem and Confidence Building
- Transition to Work after a Long Absence
Macquarie Community College operates from a range of venues across Northern and Western Sydney. We have campuses in Blacktown, Carlingford, Chatswood, Epping, Mt Druitt, Richmond, and Ryde. Enrol now!
What you will learn
Course outline
In this workshop you will practice:
- Your winning interview skills
- A variety of interview styles including pre-screening, group, web conferencing, panel and presentation
Course outcome
By the end of the workshop, you will have gained real-life practice in a variety of job interview styles and have become more confident in your job interviews.
At the end of the course, you will be issued a Statement of Attainment for the units where competency has been achieved.
What is involved
Time commitment
This course involves 3 – 4 hours of delivery face-to-face in a classroom or via online Zoom class training.
Assessment
Assessment (including recognition of prior learning) must:
- Meet the requirements of the relevant training package or accredited course, and
- be conducted in accordance with the principles of assessment and the rules of evidence, and
- meet workplace and, where relevant, regulatory requirements.
For this course assessment will entail the following:
- You will be assessed throughout the term on the skills and knowledge that you have learned during the course. You will be told when assessments are to take place. You will complete written and oral communication tasks, practical tasks and the assessor will observe your class participation.
What you need to know
Entry requirements
An appropriate level of language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills is required to enrol in this course. Macquarie Community College may conduct an LLN assessment as part of the pre enrolment process.
It is advisable that you book in for an ERS career development assessment session prior to enrolling into job ready workshops.
What you need to provide
- All course material is provided and inclusive with course fees
- Notepad and pen
For remote learning online Zoom classes students will need a stable internet connection on computer or laptop to participate.
Fees and government subsidies
The NSW Government’s Adult and Community Education (ACE) Program provides affordable, local training and education to NSW communities. Under the ACE program, participants, employers, delivery partners and providers and the government collaborate to improve learning outcomes for learners and meet community training needs.
The ACE Program will also offer support to small business owners and their staff by providing fully subsidised accredited and non-accredited training in targeted courses in information technology, business services or foundation skills.
*Eligibility criteria apply. This training is fully subsidised by the NSW Government, and as a result your fee is determined through Training Services NSW formal eligibility criteria.
Students will need to supply the required evidence in accord with the requirements of Smart and Skilled eligibility.
- Eligible for Subsidised Training: Fee-Free
- Not Eligible for Subsidised Training: Price on Application
If you're a prospective student, employer or service provider please visit: https://www.macquarie.nsw.edu.au/adult-and-community-education/ for more information where you will find everything you need to know about the ACE program before you enrol.
Contact us today or call on 1300 845 888 to check your eligibility.
What you can do next
Study pathway
After successfully completing this session, the next step in the Employment Readiness Program is to continue working on the skill gaps that have been identified. Our 1 day job ready workshops are perfect for all abilities and include:
- ERS Career Development Assessment
- Career Decision Making – Career Planning
- Job Skills Match
- Skills Profile and Skills in Demand
- CREATE your Personal Brand – LinkedIn
- Write a Winning Resume
- Write a Winning Cover Letter
- Winning Interview Skills
- Reflect on Past Successes
- Self Esteem and Confidence Building
- Transition to Work after a Long Absence