What age are you when you do work experience?

Stinky · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:20

Just had the work experience person come in to drop off a letter. how old are they when they do work experience??

any ideas? i cant remember when i did it

JIM_BOB7813 · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:20

15/16 IIRC

Nebzor · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:21

I assume you mean the work experience at the beginning of Year 11, so they'd be 15/16.

Sharpz · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:21

i did it at the end of year 10, so 15

J1234 · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:21

I did it when I was 14.

Arjun806 · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:21

15-16 usually.

Slinky1989 · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:22

14/15. I was 14 when i did mine in year ten.

Nebzor · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:22

Odd, I've only ever known people doing it in late September of Year 11.

Guess there's some variety across the country?

Stinky · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:23

gawd that means i gotta work with her for a week

and i'll have to take them out with me i always do lol.

they normally lazy and do nothing as well

The Dread Pirate · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:23

You've got yourself a tea boi for a couple o weeks then

Stinky · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:23

Benjarghmin said:
Odd, I've only ever known people doing it in late September of Year 11.

Guess there's some variety across the country?

late september?? that would be after your GCSE's Leek:

J.B · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:24

Eugh, i did mine when I was 15, slave labour in a shop for 2 weeks. Complete waste of time!

Stinky · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:24

J.B said:
Eugh, i did mine when I was 15, slave labour in a shop for 2 weeks. Complete waste of time!

i did mine at the company i now work for lol

J1234 · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:24

I did a week at a BMW garage, was awesome because I got to go out in the cars after they were fixed.

Voltar · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:25

You should be 16, after GCSE. 17 before uni. Then in subsequent internships going up to age 21.
The government thing if that's what you're referring to (which I never got) is in the 3rd year.

G-MAN2004 · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:25

I did some in year 11, and I am now doing it in college.

Vix · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:25

We did ours in the school year before GCSEs, the thinking being that in your GCSE year you are kinda preoccupied.

Can't remember what year that was or what age though.

I did mine in a school as I wanted to be a teacher. Loved it lots and actually went back in my school hols to help out (slightly different hols between schools.)

At about 19 I realised I hated kids and teaching would be a nightmare

mohawk · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:26

i got lucky with my work experience, my friends dad was working for HP and was going away to california for 2 weeks at the time for the work experience, so we went with him, so not only did we get free trips abroad but we got to sun it up in cali for an extended work experience

pretty sure i was 15 at the time also

HangTime · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:27

At my school it was the summer term of 4th year.
I didn't like it much at all, I think the teachers were a little stunned by my negativity in the exit interviews as they were expecting people to come back saying "actually it went better than I was expecting! So much more fun than school work!!". I said it was a waste of time and my time would have been better spent studying. I didn't actually get a job until 6.5 years later anyway. Was also a tad jealous about the fact that some people got gifts, money etc from their employer.

Nebzor · 8 Apr 2008 at 14:27

Stinky said:
late september?? that would be after your GCSE's Leek:

September is right at the beginning of the school year? :confused: