Are you useless at selling yourself in interviews? 

Hello, I'm Orla Dempsey. I'm the Teacher Promotion Coach I coach teachers to secure leadership roles. I have a 71% success rate and counting.

BUT... Interviews weren't always comfortable experiences for me...

I'm naturally quiet and interviews were my downfall for many years - because I really dislike being put in the spotlight!  Sound familiar?

Over the years, I've let go of the inner thoughts like 'Don't be boasting about yourself' or 'Who are you to say that?' or 'There are others out there that do this better than you' - and I learned to believe in myself more. 

✅ Since developing my coaching business, I've spoken to 100s of teachers who feel that they waffle, lack experience in interviews and who want to do themselves justice in the interview seat.

✅ I've developed ways to take away that 'icky' feeling of selling yourself and show you that stories are the best way to show what you have to offer. 

✅ I've used career coaching tools and insights to show teachers how to implement themes and targeted vocabulary to show evidence for their interviews.

Inside 'Knock Your Socks Off - Interview Confidence Skills for Teachers'- I show you how to do these things too. 

‘Knock Their Socks Off - Interview Confidence Skills for Teachers’ is for primary and post-primary teachers securing jobs at the teaching level.

If you’re in a rush, and you want immediate support to prepare for an upcoming interview – this course will equip you with knowledge of the STAR technique, the PAWS technique and lots more vocabulary and strategies. Expect to see impactful ways to prepare in a confident way for interviews.

This is the best investment you’ll make in your career.

• You’ll get access to 50+ short (1+ min) videos specially designed for the Irish teachers.
• Instantly downloadable resources so that you can reflect, prepare questions and plan what you will say to create authentic interview answers.
• Check out the exact interview videos covered below. 
• Lifetime access to all course content. 

As soon as you know that you'll be applying for jobs this year – you can purchase this course in advance. Anytime you have some free time you can watch some videos and improve your interview skills.

It is equally effective however, if you get a last-minute interview offer.

The short videos in 'Knock Their Socks Off - Interview Confidence Skills For Teachers' mean that you can make a massive difference in your professional interview development in just 1 hour. 

Others may choose to do the course over a number of weeks. In beta mode - participants went through all the videos they needed to watch in 2 hours or less. It is very digestible - with no waffle! And you can access the content on the Simplero app to listen on the go!

If, in the past, you've been for loads of interviews - but you don't get offered the job... this is a red flag that there's something that you need to change in building your interview skills.

If the only preparation you've done for interviews is recording loads of questions and answers in your interview copy - and you've never tried other approaches - perhaps now is the time to invest in your career to give yourself the best chance at securing your dream teaching role. 

Can you afford NOT to invest in your interview skills?

Yes - 'Knock Their Socks Off - Interview Confidence Skills for Teachers' is ideal for you!

The fact that you'll have lifetime access to the course means that you'll be able to return to the course year after year as you prepare for interviews and reinterviews. 

Yes, I am a teacher, that's part of super power. I have felt the rejection. I've travelled miles and miles for job interviews. I've accepted jobs in the wrong schools. I've looked for jobs outside of education.
.... and I bring all of that experience with me in this course.

I have now developed my skills in course creation so that I can help more and more people learn to create marvellous job applications who otherwise, may not get a chance to work 1-1 with me.

I am not a principal... but I have spent hours on top of hours connecting with principals looking for their insights because I know that each principal looks for slightly different attributes in teachers. So in fact, that is so much more beneficial because I take into account the many voices who represent the principals of Ireland.

Yes, indeed. I work with post-primary teachers on a regular basis. The content in this course is suitable for you as a post-primary teacher too. 

Yes - you will. It's great to see that many job application forms encourage the use of the STAR approach when applying for jobs. It is a fantastic way of outlining for them what they want to learn about you.

HOWEVER, from 1-1 sessions, I find that teachers need extra support to understand how to use it effectively with the right kinds of vocabulary and sentence structure. This course will help you get to the point and stop any waffling!

In the beta research for the course, participants found that the content greatly enhanced their interview skills solo. Why? Because it gave them access to information that they never accessed before online and would ever have come up with solo.

This 'Knock Their Socks Off' course reassured them, gave them new skills and confidence and they were equipped to do better interviews as a result. 

Doing the course is different to a 1-1 session. Working 1-1 with me means that you will get direct feedback and I will acknowledge and reflect back to you what you are already doing well. 

Following the advice in the course means that you will independently be improving your skills - in many ways, it is more comprehensive and accessible than a 1-1 session. If there is no time on my calendar - rest assured that the course will greatly enhance your interview skills. 

No - 'Knock Their Socks Off' is designed to cover the questions and concerns of teachers applying for mainstream and SET roles. 

I have designed my course called 'Help! I've an Interview in a Week'  to help teachers apply for AP posts, DP posts and Principal roles in education. 

If there is time on my calendar (sometimes there is! at other times, it's limited) you can work with me 1-1. The one big skill that I have is calming my clients. They often tell me that chatting with me simplifies everything and makes them feel more prepared and relaxed about the interview process. If you are extremely nervous - then a 1-1 interview session would be beneficial. 

However, this course can help all teachers feel better prepared, and more equipped to do successful interviews.