Work Experience [Archive]

iAlex

15-09-2006, 07:39 PM

I like hundreds and thousands of other students this year is going to have Work Experience.

We have to choose 3 work areas, in order of the ones you most want to do first. Only the 1st is the one you will do if they have the spaces left.

I've scaled my choices down to:
1. Computer Work
2. Sport & Leisure
3. Army
4. Motor Trades
5. Animal Work

I really don't know which one to do, I know you get payed an awful lot working on computers (i'd like to be a graphic designer) but it will get boring after a long while of doing it. Sport & Leisure would be good but I don't particulary want to work in the reception or swimming pool all day, army has a very low application rating so it may be hard to enter it, motor trades is what my dad works in and i like anything with wheels and a motor and I also like animals so I really don't know!

Dirgeofcerberus

15-09-2006, 07:42 PM

Im doing my work experience at the start of October.
For one week im going to a place called Taurus Informatics where im gonna learn how to build PC's, wee.
And for the other week im going some other place for some admin work, should be fun.

Joahh

15-09-2006, 07:47 PM

I done mine at W H Smith :P i think youll find the staff their the best, Well i did.

Jamie!

15-09-2006, 08:21 PM

I done mine back in July. Done engineering at United Ultilities fixing pumps and motors and that for both the two weeks, it was fairly good.

Eamonn

15-09-2006, 08:51 PM

Doing mine sometime this year haven't a clue when though :p we get a big booklet with places we can work out not category's actual places.

FootballTouch

15-09-2006, 09:44 PM

I'm going to work for google for 3 days.

brandon

15-09-2006, 09:45 PM

I'm going to work for google for 3 days.
Was that meant to be funny>

FootballTouch

15-09-2006, 09:54 PM

Was that meant to be funny>

No, that was option 1 for me. Yet to be confirmed.

Eternity

15-09-2006, 10:00 PM

I went to my local council catering department... i'd say you couldn't of met better hard working people, they were AMAZING... the nicest people on earth but what makes my blood boil is, they're so under paid... and they're like probably the hardest worked?

betty345!

15-09-2006, 10:08 PM

my future career of mcdonalds manager was failed -cri you're not allowed to take a work experience course in fast food restraunts i think ma life is now ova!11!!11!1!!!!1111

I'm going to try for some theatre, if not something boring like office work.

Craig

15-09-2006, 10:09 PM

I like hundreds and thousands of other students this year is going to have Work Experience.

We have to choose 3 work areas, in order of the ones you most want to do first. Only the 1st is the one you will do if they have the spaces left.

I've scaled my choices down to:
1. Computer Work
2. Sport & Leisure
3. Army
4. Motor Trades
5. Animal Work

I really don't know which one to do, I know you get payed an awful lot working on computers (i'd like to be a graphic designer) but it will get boring after a long while of doing it. Sport & Leisure would be good but I don't particulary want to work in the reception or swimming pool all day, army has a very low application rating so it may be hard to enter it, motor trades is what my dad works in and i like anything with wheels and a motor and I also like animals so I really don't know!
Dude it's Work Experience, if you go for the Army thing you won't get to do the sorta jobs you could do if you were 16+ and joining the Army. Plus just choose something you'll enjoy cos at the end of the day it's EXPERIENCE not a LIFE PLAN! I did my W.E at a Restaurant place and it was good but I'm not studying food in 6th form [cos our school doesn't do it "/]

I went to my local council catering department... i'd say you couldn't of met better hard working people, they were AMAZING... the nicest people on earth but what makes my blood boil is, they're so under paid... and they're like probably the hardest worked?

Nah alot of other workers are hard working yet still get ****** wages, take for example people on like 50p a day in 3rd world countries "/

Eternity

15-09-2006, 10:12 PM

I'm talking about britain not ethiopia or whatever, in uk rates i can bet on it they're under paid and NO hard working... amazing people and i've never had so much fun and laughs in 1 week that yur meant to learn in, before.

Craig

15-09-2006, 10:18 PM

I'm talking about britain not ethiopia or whatever, in uk rates i can bet on it they're under paid and NO hard working... amazing people and i've never had so much fun and laughs in 1 week that yur meant to learn in, before.

Underpaid as in below the minimum wage or as in your opinion under-paid.