FLUID CONSULTING

ICFDS Help Young People On The Road To Employment

Members of an international soccer school based in Leeds have been finding out how to stay on the ball when being interviewed for a job, thanks to a local HR consultant.

Tim Holden, the managing director of Horsforth-based Fluid and a lifelong football fan, has spent time coaching a group of 16-18-year-olds on interview technique at the International Confederation of Futebol de Salão (ICFDS).

The students are taking part in the ICFDS Entry to Employment (E2E) scheme, which uses football as a way of give young people the basic skills needed in employment.

Using a football theme, Tim played the part of a goalkeeper asking the students a series of questions before “defending” the answers, with the strong ones being goals.

ICFDS, which is part of the renowned Brazilian Soccer Schools, also owns non-league football club Garforth Town where the students spend much of their learning football and other skills.

Tim said: “It was great fun working with the ICFDS, and especially because it was helping underprivileged teenagers many of whom, because they have not excelled at school, struggle in the job market which then really affects their confidence.

“The work I did involved interview preparation – the basics of which are the same that would be applied to top executives – but in a fun way that aimed to build their self-belief.

“I would ask a question such as ‘what are your strengths’, and depending on the reply they would either score or I’d make a save. If I saved it, they would then have to wait their turn to have another ‘shot on goal’.”

Mark Rasche, ICFDS managing director, said: “We are all immensely grateful for Tim’s efforts in helping disadvantaged youngsters find work, and especially for the inventive way he passed in his own skills.”

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