Thursday 11 February 2010

A4e Gateway Course, Day 9, Equal Opportunties

Great start to the day. Our fake application forms weren't good enough so we all have to do them again. I just can't get enough of writing my own name. I don't think I actually handed my first one in, but I get the impression I'd have to do it again anyway, they need to fill in the time somehow.

After break, we have equal opportunities and diversity. Start with a strange exercise where we are given a scenario about a plane crash and we have to decide who gets to go in the life raft. No explanation about the point of this.

At least in the afternoon I am left alone to get on with my jobsearch. One more day!

1 comment:

  1. Hello there, can so identify with this post.

    Re:
    > strange exercise where we are given
    > a scenario about a plane crash and
    > we have to decide who gets to go in
    > the life raft. No explanation about
    > the point of this.

    Yes I think a few of us have done these exercises and agree they are useless. I posted when I was put through it myself at http://aspiejobblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/easing-us-back-in-youve-got-to-be.html and about a year later found the blog at http://intensiveactivity.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/ymca-training-activities-exposed/
    The provider I was with claimed this was "to make the point about making people sell themselves as more deserving to be saved than the others, on a par with selling themselves in an interview as better than other potential applicants for the job." Needless to say though I still wasn't impressed.

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