Mock Interviews: Community Leaders Preparing Teens for Tomorrow

About the Program

Category: Children and Youth (Best in Category)

Year: 2010

The Mock Interview Program in Henrico County is a thriving collaborative effort among the Henrico Education Foundation (HEF), the Henrico Business Council, and the Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) Division of the Career and Technical Education Department in Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS). The program has afforded nearly 350 juniors and seniors at Tucker, Henrico, and Varina High Schools the opportunity to improve their career preparation and job interview skills with community business leaders. In return, one-hundred community leaders have benefited from participating in the educational process by sharing their business expertise with young people who soon will be entering the work force. The program has grown over the past three years from one school site to three due its success.