Work Experience

VIRII · 30 Jan 2007 at 14:51

platypus said:
Understandably, the nature of the placement is important. I was lucky enough to get a years placement doing highly technical and quite secretive work. Came with several NDAs though.

Ahh if I had a work placement person for a year it would be different, but I only get them for a day or less.

caff · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:14

Why not get him / her to shadow you? The most fun I had on my work experience was watching someone actually go through their working day. Unless you have nothing better to do than post on internet forums all day, thus making you look a bit weird and a total slacker

Chinook · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:19

make a list of things for him to acquire...

long stand
elbow grease
sky hooks
tin of frozen peas

...should keep him busy

Red and White · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:19

caff said:
Why not get him / her to shadow you? The most fun I had on my work experience was watching someone actually go through their working day. Unless you have nothing better to do than post on internet forums all day, thus making you look a bit weird and a total slacker

hardly been posting all day have i now

VIRII · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:28

caff said:
Why not get him / her to shadow you? The most fun I had on my work experience was watching someone actually go through their working day. Unless you have nothing better to do than post on internet forums all day, thus making you look a bit weird and a total slacker

Shadowing would be good if we had lots of practical things to do on the day in question. Not so good if it is churning out quotes and reading through military standards though.

G|mp · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:33

Chinook said:
make a list of things for him to acquire...

long stand
elbow grease
sky hooks
tin of frozen peas

...should keep him busy

Left handed screw driver/ glass hammer

hardc0re_tid · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:46

tell him to sign up to ocuk and point him to this thread, see what his reaction is lol

Steve09 · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:53

I did my work experience at a local Golf club.
Was wicked! Except when I had to trim around each hole with a pair of scissors lol

G|mp · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:54

I did mine in a brewery

My first line to the boss was "Do you want me to organise a **** up"?

jpmonkey69 · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:06

G|mp said:
I did mine in a brewery

My first line to the boss was "Do you want me to organise a **** up"?

Did he say "No, you can't!" ?

G|mp · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:08

He said.........

"Theres a box of cables over there that need untangling"

Kell_ee001 · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:18

G|mp said:
He said.........

"Theres a box of cables over there that need untangling"

ROFL

Mr-White · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:31

get him drunk and watch him fall about ?

MW

themistry · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:51

platypus said:
Understandably, the nature of the placement is important. I was lucky enough to get a years placement doing highly technical and quite secretive work. Came with several NDAs though.

I wasnt referring to this specific incident.

I dont think.

I think work for a pre-GCSE 15 year old is slightly different than for a uni student.

TM