ABSTRACT
Your initial teacher training programme will secure your confidence and competence as far as teaching and learning generally is concerned, and your ICT skills and knowledge in particular. Your next challenge is to look ahead. You will begin applying for teaching posts around the January or February of your final year, and probably begin the interview cycle around March to April. This means that you have to be thinking about your future before you have even finished the training programme. Although applying for jobs and interviews are not elements included in the standards: everything that you do in terms of meeting the standards can be seen as part of your preparation for this next stage in your professional development. In this chapter, we will finish by considering how to apply for your first teaching post and what to expect at interview and how using ICT may be able to help you.
