Work Experience Coursework

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Work Experience Coursework

When I received confirmation of my placement at Horndean Parish council I only had a week left to make my preparations like interviews, uniforms and insurance. My placement was late in coming because I had to keep on reselecting, eventually I found a half decent job which fitted my criteria very well, it was outside. It involved working with animals, computer work and was near to my home. I was quite chuffed with this because if I hadn’t been given it I would be doing something very boring like working with the caretaker at school and not only would I have been bored but my street cred would have gone down the drain as well.

As Angela from the careers office set me up with my placement I only had a few brief details, nothing to inform me of the essential requirements like clothing, hours or more importantly lunch breaks. As my information was poor, I was apprehensive about getting kitted out in time. I phoned the office straight away to speak to my employer but he wasn’t in till Friday, which was the last day I had left to prepare. After half an hour of talking to the clerk about my expectations and my feelings, I eventually got hold of Kevin my employee’s mobile phone number. After all I had been through worrying and panicking, it turned out that he had all I needed there and that we would arrange hours at an informal interview on Monday morning. Right, now I was all sorted and had time to think about my expectations and hopes for the two weeks.

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Whilst on my work experience I wanted to know if I was an office or outside person because this would cancel out various career paths I was considering and narrow down my choice. This was the perfect opportunity to find out as it contains both aspects of work. On my work experience I also wanted to find out if I liked working as a team or by myself. This was a great opportunity to find out as I will be undertaking work in a team e.g. putting up fences or sheering sheep and individual work e.g. producing spreadsheets on ...

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