“I spent 9 months searching for a job before the ACE Programme and then it happened in one week, I still can’t believe it.”
Henna found Making The Leap in 2024 when she was lacking in confidence and growing tired from her 9-month-long job search. Here, she has opened up about how Making The Leap’s support helped her to land her dream role as Case Co-ordinator at Compass Continuing Healthcare.
Our ACE Programme is designed to develop the skills, confidence, and outlook of young adults, as well as provide ongoing mentorship and job application support to help them into meaningful employment.
Through our three-week workshop, running monthly, we provide hands-on, practical support to guide young people into corporate roles and help them to land their dream jobs. If you’re interested in learning more about what we do, visit our ACE Programme page here.
“I wanted to become more confident”
“I first heard of Making The Leap when I was at the Job Centre. I met Gareth and Kacey and was talking to them about my past experiences, my university experience, what I’m doing now, what I want to do in the future, which is become a solicitor. They said the ACE Programme would really help me to improve my skills which is what I really wanted. I wanted to become more confident as a person because I don’t think I was very confident back then, especially in group situations.”
“The cold calling sessions helped me to land a job”
“One thing that stood out was the sessions on learning how to cold call people. We would practice with each other, what we would say, what our pitch would be. That gave me the confidence to do it to recruiters after the programme and that’s actually how I got the job that I have now – I reached out to someone, I didn’t think it would lead to anything and they called me and said we have an opportunity and a week later I got the job that I’m at now – it was crazy.”
“I’m in a different place to where I was a year ago”
“The programme gave me a push to get out of my comfort zone and put myself out there which I did straight after I finished the programme. I had a major confidence issue, I wasn’t very confident. After the programme I worked on becoming more confident and Making The Leap’s ACE Programme kickstarted that. Right now, I’m in a very different place to the one I was exactly a year ago.”
“The network is invaluable”
“The Job Search Wednesdays were really, really helpful because I remember going to those. It’s good to have people there to support you in your job search. The network, it’s hard to find and it’s pretty invaluable. Everyone at Making The Leap was so nice, my experience there was amazing.”
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