work experience

[stelmaria_clg]

I want your stories if you have any - preferably by about 7pm this Thursday

Comments

[zevbofb3k]

I wanted to be a sound engineer at 16, and was sent to the local Center Parcs to have a go. They put me in the theatre, where there would be the chance to work with the sound engineer during performances. I spent approx. 1 hour during the whole week at the sound desk. The rest of the time they dressed me up as a badger/squirrel and had me walk around the complex and wave manically at children :)
Rest assured I gave up on that career path!

[stelmaria_clg]

Ta muchly for this - was really useful!

[stelmaria_clg]

Thank you! Was very useful this morning.

[x_equals_speed]

I couldn't choose between psychology and economics at A-level so I did my work experience for the Birmingham economics department. I'm now a psychologist. Guess how well that one went ;)

I also worked for a webpage design company. While I was there I wrote pages that were sold to the client for over £3,000 and didn't see a penny of it. I did however get a job offer good for right then or whenever I left school. Given the way the webpage industry went since then I maintain that I chose wisely. Still, I could've had a good summer job if I'd wanted it.

Both were handy for my CV for a while, though work experience is far enough in the past to not be worth much anymore.

[stelmaria_clg]

Ta muchly. Came in useful this morning.

[x_equals_speed]

Nae worries, glad it went well :)

[tj_dragon]

First work experience was in a (separate) sixth form college library, I was already volunteering in the school library so I suppose they thought it would be appropriate. That was quite fun though a little daunting as I was only year 10 s all the borrowers were two years older than me. May well have helped me get my part time job which led directly to my current full time job

[stelmaria_clg]

Thanks for this. Was useful this morning.

[sallamino]

working in a special school (children with autism) - got me 2 interviews for groovy campaigning job 8 years later - didnt get the job though.

primary school teaching - decided I didnt actually want to be a primary school teacher.

european parliament - got me my last job and was quite fun.

[stelmaria_clg]

Ta muchly for this - very useful.