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"Work Experience"

Okay, so I need to find somewhere to participate in work experience in the near future and I have very few ideas of what I want to do. I was wondering if anybody on here could reccommend a general activity they did for it, so I could get some ideas, and see how much they enjoyed it (and etc.).

Thanks very much, and I would have put this in general chat but i'd rather get some more intelligent opinions. :-D

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> fiƒi[oV], you did something you were interested in. Try working 9-5 in
> the Top Man storeroom by yourself with the same five songs on
> constant loop for a week or two, and you'll see why everyone should
> avoid shop work.

Gah ha, my bro worked in Levi's over christmas and described it in much the same way, thank god he wasnt permanent staff, hw would have gone postal.

I did my work experience a mere 2 weeks ago. I worked as a print assistant at a little company called copyzone. Itwas quite boring but somehow rewarding at the same time. The people were all nice though. It was a great experience.
A little tip: Lunchtime will probably turn out to be the high point of your day, so try and work some where with a nice bakery nearby. :-)

I could use some more ideas guys, unfortunately I got turned down from the local school. :-\

I spent my work experience as a fluffer on the set of a porno movie. The job really sucks.

Pal88 wrote:
> I never did workl experience.
> It was great, i went school, sat in a lesson for half an hour then
> left to go home and play games...HAHAHAHAHA.

and where did that get you in life?

Jambeg wrote:
> Look at your interests and look for something different
> in that area, if you like computers try to get a job at
> a webdesign agency for example don't just go and work at
> pc world.

*snort* like the people at PC world know loads about computing. ;) ;) ;)

I never did workl experience.
It was great, i went school, sat in a lesson for half an hour then left to go home and play games...HAHAHAHAHA.

My work experience was in the Army. It was so good. I went Cadets at the time too so it was just like going on a camp except i went home every night. Except one where we put up ponchos and stayed the night. Didn't do anything except sit around that night and talked.

We did other things like absailing and sports. We was also put into groups and taught drill (marching and such like for those who don't know). Other schools were on work experience too so we also made friends.

One day we went to the History Museum or something, that was alright, went in that shelter where it smelt and shook about like it was a real air raid.

Yep, that was so much fun!

I did my work experience at school for a Bank.

Put me off working in a bank. As with all work
experience you end up doing the crud jobs so pick
something which will at least keep you interested
as putting cheques through a microfilm copier everyday
did not for me.

Look at your interests and look for something different
in that area, if you like computers try to get a job at
a webdesign agency for example don't just go and work at
pc world.

That is my advice, for what its worth.

Jamie

The pain :) 5 minutes browsing in those places is bad enough..

Still, after this long I don't enjoy the computer bits any more, just too tedious - I'm there because the majority of my day is in a spinny chair browsing the net and waiting for customers..

..but yes, generally shop work is bad, and doesn't give you much experience - except the "dealing with retards" practise, but that can be had by approaching most any staff member in a large chain store and asking..well, the time :)