1. In this presentation I will cover… WORK EXPERIENCE June to July 2011

2. PEOPLE WHO GO TO WORK BECOME EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD…

3. AND IT IS EASIEST TO BECOME AN EXPERT IF YOU CONCENTRATE ON THE SKILL AND TALENT YOU WISH TO ACQUIRE

5. GO TO WORK TO BE YOUR BEST SELF… AND FIND THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY WORK OF DIFFERENT KINDS

7. So the first task is to find out how your subject likes and the things you like to do match up: http://www.coa2.co.uk/myschool/?pagename=index

8. Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just part of the way the world works. ? So how does the world work ?

9. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR, RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF… TEACHER, LAWYER, PILOT, CHEMIST, DOCTOR, DENTIST,FIREMAN, PRIEST

10. BUILDER, BAKER, CANDLESTICK MAKER, RIDER, SINGER, DANCER, CLOWN ACTOR, AUTHOR, DRIVER, FARMER, INVENTOR, MARKSMAN, POLICEMAN, CHIEF

11. AT THE MOMENT, YOU CHILD ARE TREATED AS A CHILD! BETWEEN SCHOOL AND HOME WE LOOK AFTER AND NURTURE YOU IN PREVIOUS ERAS AND TODAY IN SOME CULTURES YOU WOULD BE MARRIED WITH CHILDREN SOON YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE A CAR, KNOW ANOTHER PERSON IN THE BIBLICAL SENSE AND EVEN VOTE! NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO LEARN HOW TO: BE MORE INDEPENDENT CO-OPERATE WITH OTHERS COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY COMPROMISE AND NEGOTIATE USE YOUR INITIATIVE GROW UP!

12. What is Work Experience? Why do Work Experience? What will Work Experience be like? What types of placement are available? How to apply for a Work Experience placement?

13. ‘Work Experience’ is just that…‘experience’ of work… an Observer not Worker…

14. To experience and apply the skills needed in working situations – ‘employability’ and ‘enterprise capability’

15. To gain an understanding of what it is like to work a full- time week 9-5 pm, or finding out how a nursery operates and looks after small children, how companies use IT in a real business situation, working in a team, showing initiative etc. etc

16. Why do Work Experience? Understanding of the world of work See transferable skills in action Value of a good education ‘Continue with the end in mind’ Life changing………Why?

17. What will Work Experience be like? Full working day! Treated the same as employees – can be sacked! Unfamiliar environments – Health and Safety issues… http://www.placementsurvivalguide.com/ Expected not to impact on business ‘Safe’ job roles – low skill Ambassadors for yourself - reference Ambassadors for the school

20. WHAT TYPES OF W.X. ARE POSSIBLE?

21. Easier to say what types are not: High risk Highly confidential High pressure Highly qualified Not impossible, but think laterally!

22. Examples of past placements

23. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WORK EXPERIENCE? Your first reference – so make sure you write to the company to say thank you for the opportunity! Knowledge of 1 or 2 careers areas Confirm as careers choice Extra motivation in school to work hard for exams and qualifications Also… Discover that you don’t like the area of work experienced Need to reassess your objectives, follow up with more work experience in another field.

24. Let’s look at your information pack… Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

25. And what did Douglas Adams have to say about those of us who are older… Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

26. SO…LIVE THE DREAM …BE YOUR BEST SELF …AND IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE… …GO TO WORK…

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