The challenging transition from students to professional is often filled with pressure for students since most of them are familiar with neither the requirements of the current competitive labor market nor the eligibility criteria recruiters are looking for. Therefore, undergraduates at Faculty of English language teacher education – ULIS are provided with a job interview simulation activity during the course entitled "Business Communication" with hope to familiarize themselves with the procedure of an employment interview (searching for career information, analyzing job description, collecting data, writing a CV & cover letter, preparing for the interview). The present paper serves as a detailed description of how the simulation is conducted throughout the course and reports students' evaluation of the project's effectiveness in improving the mandatory skills. This is hoped to effectively bridge the gap between the knowledge students have acquired while in education and the actual required skills in the workplace and ultimately strengthen their post graduate employability.
The challenging transition from students to professional is often filled with pressure for students since most of them are familiar with neither the requirements of the current competitive labor market nor the eligibility criteria recruiters are looking for. Therefore, undergraduates at Faculty of English language teacher education – ULIS are provided with a job interview simulation activity during the course entitled "Business Communication" with hope to familiarize themselves with the procedure of an employment interview (searching for career information, analyzing job description, collecting data, writing a CV & cover letter, preparing for the interview). The present paper serves as a detailed description of how the simulation is conducted throughout the course and reports students' evaluation of the project's effectiveness in improving the mandatory skills. This is hoped to effectively bridge the gap between the knowledge students have acquired while in education and the actual required skills in the workplace and ultimately strengthen their post graduate employability.
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