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Carina shares her experiences of mock interview day

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Applying for jobs can be daunting at the best of times.    Applying for jobs in education is another kettle of fish.    This Wednesday, our SCITT weekly focussed on the big scary world of applying for our first posts as teachers. Not only did we get a session on where to look, how to look etc, we had the opportunity to meet with heads/deputies within the Redhill Trust for some one on one interviews with a great big emphasis on feedback.   (Hashtag reasons my SCITT is better than yours)   This incredible session also gave us starting tips and the tools for creating cover letters, filling out application forms and how to answer all the tricky interview questions.    Personally the day brought so much positive and constructive feedback. Before this session I felt truly overwhelmed at the idea of searching for jobs and attempting to apply for roles but Wednesday allowed me a lot of breathing and thinking space.    Though I feel we are lucky ...