Work Experience

By Dines Selvarajah

For my Work Experience I chose to go K&D associates as my mum referred me there. I thought that going to an accountancy place for two weeks would be a good step for me as I have aspirations to go into the financial world. I got my placement sorted out pretty early largely thanks to my mum, but I still had to go through the usual procedures by writing a letter and sending my CV off to obtain permission to work there. After that there was not much to do apart from getting my exams over with and waiting for the 30th June to come. The day before I started my time in the working world, I had my suit ready and ironed (Thanks Mum!) and charged my phone and iPod ready for the journey tomorrow. I climbed into my bed and got a good couple of hours of shut-eye as I had to be ready for an early start tomorrow.

Tiredly, I clambered down from my bed and trotted to the bathroom with me still being half asleep and walking around with my eyes firmly shut. I went to the bathroom, sat on the toilet and I did my usual business like every other day. I washed my face and had a clean shave, to impress the ladies! After a little while I put on my suit, which was freshly ironed by my mum. I took all my necessary gadgets with me while a long journey was ahead of me. My dad gave me a lift to the nearest tube station, and I headed towards Wembley Park Station.          

When I first entered the place, I was speechless, it all looked so professional and I felt like I was on the red carpet! It was nice to be here, where I am surrounded with mature workers. A lady approached me and said” Hello welcome, to K&D Associates, my name is Sandra Hall” I didn’t know how to respond so; I gave her a cheeky smile. She then introduced me to all of her co-workers and then she allocated me my working space. At first I thought she was bluffing, as my working space was enormous. I felt like I was working in a villa. I had a Computer and Desk and Filing Cabinets. I felt like this is the real deal.        

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I was called upstairs to David’s office (The man who organised my placement) and he handed me my card pass, which would help me get around the building and also gave me a simple standard safety talk which was compulsory for anyone doing work experience. He was very welcoming and gave me a short talk about what I would be doing at the bank and any other rules that had to be given. After this he told me that for the 1st day he would put me with my mum, up on the 1st floor at the cashiers till. It’s their job to ...

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