Cinnamon Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Eldest daughter is starting work experience in october, & has just been offered a placement on her first interview, with The Body Shop She is delighted & is now really looking forward to it. She was nervous before the interview as she had never experienced anyhting like that before, but they said she would fit right in & that they were happy to have her for a week. I am glad she will be in a nice shop,one that I know & not stuck shelf stacking in Tesco or something.Even if it does mean getting her into Reading & back twice a day I just wondered what other peoples children have done for work experience & how it went? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Daughter worked for a mecical illustration dept...making posters and slides. Loved it but it had no relevance to her eventual career. No 1 son worked for the ambulance service...cleaning them, helping re-equip them and some patient booking. No going out to emergencies though. Loved it but had no relevance etc. No 2 son worked with a plumber. Loved it and is now an apprentice plumber, having refused to stay on at school. Good luck to her...she will learn to deal with the public and will enjoy it I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 We have this to come yet.................... DD wants to be a film director so I am trying to find some sort of production/ theatre company that might take her on. Anyone any ideas? Do they always have to go for interviews? Didn't know about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 We have this to come yet.................... DD wants to be a film director so I am trying to find some sort of production/ theatre company that might take her on. Anyone any ideas? Do they always have to go for interviews? Didn't know about that Paul Greengrass lives just down the way,but the commute might be a bit long Devon doesn't really know what she wants to do career wise,so we thought a shop might be best to give her a taste of life as a worker. She is going to work from 10 - 5 & I am sure she will be exhausted! As for the interviews,well it may vary from school to school but we either had the choice of letting the school place her,which could be anywhere,or sorting it ourselves. Devon wrote to 6 or so shops that she loves (Lush, Hotel Chocolat etc) & The Body Shop manager phoned her very quickly & asked her to pop in for a chat,which she did today. She was told what she has to wear,her hours,breaks & so forth, & met some of the staff. They really put her at ease, even promising her a 'makeover' One slight bugbear is that as the shop is in Berks & we are in Oxon,we have to pay £35 to let her go there,so they can do a health & safety check. The fact that berks have already done the check & they have had plenty of other children work there on work experience apparantly means nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Jack spent a week at a local RAF base working with a civvy engineering company contracted to service RAF aircraft. Duties included making the tea and actually helping to service and repair a Nimrod (under strict supervision). I spent weeks afterwards waiting for one of the Nimrods to fall out of the sky Jack is now considering a career in the Navy (well this week he is ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Daughter worked for a mecical illustration dept...making posters and slides. Loved it but it had no relevance to her eventual career. Sounds really interesting, is it local (Sheffield)? I went to a solicitor's at 16, and at a Chemist's shop in sixth form as nearest scientific thing I could get to every week! OH worked for the Ministry of defence (computer/mathematical modelling) and couldn't write a report as it was confidential! A colleague's daughter came into university to learn lab skills, I wish I'd been able to do that! A lot of people went into schools as they could finish early! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 My eldest went to work with a friend in his electrical engineering company. He loved it and has had great comments about his surface soldering from his electronics teacher I don't think he has a clue what to do as a career though Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 My eldest son did a couple of weeks at a plant nursery, he is now a landscape gardener. Youngest son did one week at Waitrose, packing bags and another stint in Boots stocking shelves. Boots were great and gave him loads of goodies when his time was up Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirkwood Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 unfortunatly my daughter was severly bullied at school and we ended up having to pay for home tutor as you only get about 4 hrs a week as standard, so she never did ths . she has now at 19 come to terms what happened to her, cant put it here but it was VERY BAD, and is going to college this year. she also wants to be a film director and has done some home films with our Jack Russell Scamp playing the lead as Frodo in her take on THE LORD OF THE RINGS. It helps that she adores Elijah Wood though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 We have this to come yet.................... DD wants to be a film director so I am trying to find some sort of production/ theatre company that might take her on. Anyone any ideas? Do they always have to go for interviews? Didn't know about that She should be able to get some experience as an unpaid gofer/runner. Unfortunately there are lists of employees rellies wanting to do the same but tell her to write to all the production companies with a bried resume and her picture and then to follow it up with a call. It's best to call them first to see who would handle it and write directly to them. Shame this wasn't asked 11 years ago when I worked with a company that was deeply involved with most of the film production and TV companies - I could have got her a slot. The Ex's half brother wanted to be a film director (as do lots of teenagers), I offered him gofing posts with any of the companies he chose, but he turned them down as beneath him Shame really as it's a wonderful way to make contacts and get noticed. Can't remember what I did for my work experience, too long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Thanks Claret - I will get her to do that........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 My eldest wants to be a vet and our dog/cat vet has taken him on for his WE this June. Can I rant a bit? Our local RSPCA (yes those caring folk) didnt get back to me about WE despite a personal introduction from my Equine Vet and 5+ phone calls grrr another nail in their coffin from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I've got mine to come and have to write letters to places where I'd like to go. I want to do work experience at the Opticians I go to, as I'd like to become an optometrist. Well I'll either go there or try and get work experience at an art and framing shop down the bottom of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 OOOH WOW! id love to work in a art framing store!!! Id rather that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Daughter worked for a mecical illustration dept...making posters and slides. Loved it but it had no relevance to her eventual career. Sounds really interesting, is it local (Sheffield)? NGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfinches Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 eldest did his work experience at a community farm, he's now hoping to study chemistry. It was through this that he was really keen to have chickens youngest son did his work experience before Christmas at a day nursery - he loved the messy play and finger painting! Morag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 My son wanted to work with children so we arranged for him to do a couple of weeks at the village pre-school. He loved it so much he stayed on, doing initially half a day a week voluntarily. He now does a full day and a half (we home ed so it doesn't interrupt school). He wants to work either with children or in music. College interview in 3 weeks for Performing Musician course! I think if that falls through, he'll pursue the childcare options in more depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Eldest daughter did her work experience 2 years ago at a local medical centre doing copying, filing etc. - they phoned her up a few weeks later and asked her to go in 3 days a week after school, and she's still there now. They pay her more than the min. wage and she gets extra hours on reception during holidays. She's hopefully going to uni to do Biomedical Science so it's kind of relevant in that she knows a lot of medical terminology, how to decipher blood test results etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 My tutor group go in the summer. I always tell them it is an experience of work - not specifically what they want to do in their future career. A lot of them don't know what they want to do anyway yet! We can offer a placement to all of them, but some will always organise their own - they don't have to! For most of them it is a really positive experience and they grow in maturity greatly over the 2 week slot - then it is just hard to ge them back into the grind of school and the hurdle of year 11. The most unusual one I have come across was a boy who went to Moscow for work experience of journalism (he did not get a visit from his tutor!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Neither of my 2 will get to do work experience . Seb's school simply don't offer it, they used to a few years back, but for some reason that all stopped and despite being half way through yr 11 he's never done it. Immi should do it October this year (at the start of yr 11) and she's feeling a little left out because the school is just beginning to gear them up for it and there's lots of talk about who's doing what and where. Hubby used to have loads of youngsters on work experience with him . He used to love getting them involved and interested in his work (Forensics), but it was such a popular field that he became inundated and he had real problems getting on with his own work at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucky1 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Body shop sounds like a good one. Think about all the 'samples' you may be able to get ! My youngest is only 4 and she is already hankering for work with the local farmer . She says that he has 'the biggest tracter' she has ever seen! I have told her that she is a little young to go out to work yet and that she should stop telling the farmer that he has a very big tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Aww, that's so sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I did a weeks work experience at the Guide Dogs training centre in Leamington Spa. My second week was working at the Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham, as backstage crew for OLIVER!, with The Brit Youth Theatre. They were both totally different, but both were great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucky1 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 They are both VERY different. Did either influence you to a career ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 My daughter got put in a cafe in a park and we thought she would hate it as she doesn't do 'domestic'. However she loved it and when the placement finished they said she was such a hard worker that they offered her a weekend job which she took and has saved up so much money that she is going to buy herself a scooter now she has turned 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...