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The Past Accenture and City Gateway collaboration - 2012

The City Gateway (CG) event kicked off Q1 2012 with a fun Human Bingo session where we learnt that Peggah Kamali has visited Disneyland over 50 times, Lydia Gregory owns stick insects and James Forrester is often mistaken for Shakira’s boyfriend. After this, there was an activity on defining what makes a good C.V. using N-Dubz’s Dappy and Justin Timberlake as applicants for the role of a Hollywood Movie Star. The CG participant’s and ACN volunteers then worked together to create personal C.V.’s.

After lunch, there was another ice-breaker where we learnt that Danni Howard has been held at gunpoint and Lucy Walton has never eaten fastfood – including Nando’s, in her life (travesty!). For the interview session, Rewa Umunna and Sam Madden put on an Oscar-worthy role play session to highlight what constitutes a good/bad interview. The entire group then went off in pairs to interview one another for a job as a park ranger in a Chinese forest.

The day was concluded with a series of knowledge checkers and an open forum for feedback. All in all, a fantastic day was had by all and on a very positive note, the young people’s participation counted towards their Employability qualifications.

Additional Comments from CG Participants

·         “I’ve learnt how to prepare for my interviews by learning about my employer etc. I have really enjoyed doing this”.

·         “The sessions helped me improve on my C.V. and also gave me feedback on interview techniques. I really enjoyed coming here”.

·         “I enjoyed creating a C.V. and working with people that deal with interviews daily”.

·         “They were very helpful with my C.V. and showed me role play. I learnt new techniques about interviews”.