My work experience placement was at Select in Barkingside.

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Year 11 Work Experience Report

My work experience placement was at Select in Barkingside, from 23rd September to 4th October 2002. The retail shop Select is a small store, which consists of manufactured goods. The store that I worked at was rather small and only had eight girls working as sales assistants and two managers; head and supervisor.

          My job was as a sales assistant throughout the whole store; the store was split into four sections. These shifts consisted of the front, the back, the fitting room and the till. The manager would give me and the other work experience students a job to do each morning for the store shifts. I was allowed on the till occasionally, but I had to be supervised by the manager. All though this was the case, the rest of the staff treated me with respect, the girls who worked there were all very kind and generous, helping me in every possible way. I would have to say that this work placement was a good choice.

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At the back of the store there was a small staff room, supplied with cameras, the store was obviously well maintained with appropriate equipment and security.

           I gained many skills of communication and problem solving by helping and greeting the many customers who came into the store. However, I hadn’t learnt any IT skills, which I hoped to gain, therefore I asked if I could deal with deliveries and sort stock and prices. Items of clothing needed to be marked down and I was told how to use the system of product pricing. I dealt ...

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