Work Experience Placements

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16-03-2007, 03:48 PM
benjamin

Work Experience Placements

Anyone else in year 10 got their yet?

I got mine today.

18th June > 22nd June -
Newsquest Oxford (Journalism)

25th June > 29th June -
University of Oxford Public Affairs Directorate (Media & ICT)

I'm not too sure about the first one.. But still, should be uquite good!
16-03-2007, 03:51 PM
OMGitsaROSS

Mine wins

Shoefayre ;D
16-03-2007, 03:51 PM
benjamin

Lmao wth is that, don't tell me a shoe shop..
16-03-2007, 03:52 PM
OMGitsaROSS

It is a shoe shop xD

We had this online thingy.

And they were all rubbish for future careers (like adulthood)

So I went for one with a saturday job..
16-03-2007, 03:52 PM
the wombats

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Originally Posted by spat

Lmao wth is that, don't tell me a shoe shop..

it is. i went to halfords for mine.
16-03-2007, 03:54 PM
benjamin

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Dorian

It is a shoe shop xD

We had this online thingy.

And they were all rubbish for future careers (like adulthood)

So I went for one with a saturday job..

Oh right, well we miss two weeks of school for it.

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Originally Posted by alcohol

it is. i went to halfords for mine.

Oh riight, okz.

Was it good?
16-03-2007, 03:54 PM
dirrty

were not doing work experience. if we want to, we have to do it during summer hols.

i was like wth i aint doing that during half term. my college is well stupid.
16-03-2007, 03:55 PM
OMGitsaROSS

Yea ours is two weeks, but after the placement I should get a job,.
16-03-2007, 03:56 PM
benjamin

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirrty

were not doing work experience. if we want to, we have to do it during summer hols.

i was like wth i aint doing that during half term. my college is well stupid.

Oh I thought all schools do it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Dorian

Yea ours is two weeks, but after the placement I should get a job,.

Oh right, I should have a job before mine anyway.
16-03-2007, 03:57 PM
OMGitsaROSS

Lol.

I gotta go into town tomorrow for an interview x[
16-03-2007, 03:58 PM
the wombats

Quote:

Originally Posted by spat

Oh right, well we miss two weeks of school for it.

Oh riight, okz.

Was it good?

yeah it was.
16-03-2007, 03:59 PM
benjamin

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Dorian

Lol.

I gotta go into town tomorrow for an interview x[

They told us to ring the placements before easter to get interviews with them :P

Quote:

Originally Posted by alcohol

yeah it was.

Oh good.
16-03-2007, 03:59 PM
dirrty

Quote:

Originally Posted by spat

Oh I thought all schools do it.

Oh right, I should have a job before mine anyway.

i thought so aswell. they did it last year and they got 2 weeks off. its stupid tbh. i want to do work experience during my college time, not during my own time.
16-03-2007, 04:01 PM
OMGitsaROSS

I am not having it tomorrow, just organising it.

I bet I get a really crap day for me. >_>
16-03-2007, 04:01 PM
benjamin

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirrty

i thought so aswell. they did it last year and they got 2 weeks off. its stupid tbh. i want to do work experience during my college time, not during my own time.

That's quite bad really :S Work experience is quite a big part of schooling and stuff.
16-03-2007, 04:02 PM
OMGitsaROSS

Not really imho.

I rekon it is completely pointless x[
16-03-2007, 04:03 PM
dirrty

i know, i want to do it. i was bare looking forward to it while i was in year 9.
16-03-2007, 04:38 PM
scubadiva

lol, we choose where we go in our school, and we did it AGES ago... :)
16-03-2007, 04:42 PM
myke

ben, I thought you was doing your GCSE's this year? :s

ok anyway, yeah I've asked two places [planning ahead for next year] and both have been like 'nosoz we dnt do it for 15 yr olds only 18 yr olds' but when you're 18 it's not work experience, is it? I can see me ending up working with my nan >.> lmao. hoping to get into anglia in luton for media.
16-03-2007, 04:43 PM
benjamin

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Originally Posted by SyrupyMonkey

ben, I thought you was doing your GCSE's this year? :s

ok anyway, yeah I've asked two places [planning ahead for next year] and both have been like 'nosoz we dnt do it for 15 yr olds only 18 yr olds' but when you're 18 it's not work experience, is it? I can see me ending up working with my nan >.> lmao. hoping to get into anglia in luton for media.

No I'm year 10.
16-03-2007, 05:05 PM
luke-p

Lucky you people, I was stuck in iceland lmao.
16-03-2007, 05:19 PM
Tristan

We only get one week for our WE... It's in our personal time aswell like dirrty's school, I think.
Anyway, my Job Title is: Tennis Coaching Assistant.
Dress code: Tracksuit, company's T-shirt & Tennis shoes. :)
It happens for us in like, the last week of April.
16-03-2007, 05:45 PM
Eamonn

Mines June 18th-29th :)
I have applied for local vets, local primary school and some shops in town woo.
16-03-2007, 05:47 PM
benjamin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ymo

We only get one week for our WE... It's in our personal time aswell like dirrty's school, I think.
Anyway, my Job Title is: Tennis Coaching Assistant.
Dress code: Tracksuit, company's T-shirt & Tennis shoes. :)
It happens for us in like, the last week of April.

Oh seems fun =D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eamonn

Mines June 18th-29th :)
I have applied for local vets, local primary school and some shops in town woo.

Same dates as mine :P
16-03-2007, 06:04 PM
Frodo13.

I went GAME, was quite good, but was shatterd by the end of the week! I was dead nervous before I started, but was fine after about the 2nd day.
16-03-2007, 06:13 PM
Tristan

I hope it will be. :P
From 23/04/2007 to 27/04/2007.
16-03-2007, 06:22 PM
clarissa !!

we dont get work exp.

well i do at the primary school but thats only cause i got nothing better to do apparently.
16-03-2007, 06:33 PM
Eamonn

Quote:

Originally Posted by spat

Oh seems fun =D

Same dates as mine :P

I hope I get the primary school because it has the shortest hours 9-3, the rest are 9-5 :p