On Tuesday 29th April, our Community & Apprenticeship Lead Helen Harris spent the morning at Herne Bay High School, joining dozens of local employers for the school’s annual Year 10 mock interview day. Over 250 students sat their first proper interview — most of them their first time across the desk from a stranger asking “tell us about yourself”.
The day is run by EBP Kent (Education Business Partnership Kent), a local charity that links schools and employers across the county. It’s been a permanent fixture on the Herne Bay calendar for years now.
“It can be an intense experience — a conveyor belt of students to interview — but I cannot thank you enough for being such a pivotal influence at a key stage of their careers journey. It’s a pleasure to see the young people leaving their interview looking so positive and encouraged.”— Natalie Coleman, EBP Kent
Four hours, 250 interviews, plenty of nervous handshakes turning into confident ones by the end. Supporting initiatives like this is how we turn the “back the next generation” line into something tangible — alongside our own apprenticeship programme that brought Meg, Kane, Helen and Lou into HSEQ in the first place. Different rooms, same idea: confidence comes from real practice.
Find out more about EBP Kent at ebpkent.com.
