Work Experience Chloe Bell Assistant Headteacher
Work Experience Year 10 Work Experience: Monday 15 th June-Friday 19 th June Year 12 Work Experience: Monday 22 nd June- Friday 26 th June
The Job Market The jobs market is changing – there are now four times as many skilled jobs as unskilled jobs. Qualifications are key to success.
Gatsby Benchmarks
Why? Young people are more likely to be successful in their job hunt if they have done some good work experience. Over half of the graduate recruiters that took part in a research study by Highfliers said that: “students who have had no previous work experience at all are unlikely to be successful during the selection process and have little or no chance of receiving a job offer for their organisations’ graduate programmes."
Industry Perspective Geraint Jones Service Manager Burberry
ONE: You can learn new skills TWO: Helps you decide what you do / don’t like THREE: Gives you a better chance of getting a job
Why? • Insight into world of work • Development of professional attributes • Growth of interpersonal skills • Providing motivation for GCSE performance • Allows you to select a placement where you can have experience in the career that you wish to pursue in the future. • Choose a placement where you may want to pursue a career • Choose a placement where there is a potential of a Saturday job if you are unsure what to do
Why? • Experience the contrast between work and school • New and challenging environments • Opportunity to learn about working in the real world • Development of personal skills and character • Develop communication skills, confidence and develop skills that can be used at school, University and in Business • You can make decisions about your future Career . • Universities and Employers look for Work Experience on UCAS Progress, UCAS and Job applications.
Preparing for Work Experience Don’t know what you want? https://www.startprofile.com/ Click on World of Work and then search for careers you are interested in to learn more about the role.
How? Students should send an e-mail from their school e-mail address. Contact them by phone (Mrs. Green can help). Go in to a Business and ask to speak to the person in charge of Work Experience Employers prefer the students to contact them
Making Applications for Work Experience Do not underestimate how long it takes to sort out a work experience placement Finding a placement, organising a placement visit and getting all the documents agreed and signed can take months.
When and Where? Students to find their own placements by Friday 10 th January 2020! Placements should be in the Leeds, Harrogate, Bradford or Wakefield area (but think about travel). It will not be possible to complete work experience outside of these areas! All students finding placements must ask the placement to complete an OP1 form and bring in a copy of the Employers Liability Certificate by the deadline. If the placement hasn’t had Work experience students before they will be required to have a Health and Safety check so they need to agree to this. It takes up to 3 months for the Health and Safety checks to be completed. The Employer Liability Insurance details must be completed. If students want advice regarding placements Ms Green is in the Careers Office on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Ms Bell is available throughout the week for further advice.
Requirements • No work experience may take place for more than 8 hours per day. • Most placements will be either 09:00-17:00 or 08:00-16:00. • It is possible to negotiate an earlier start (no earlier than 06:00) or a later finish (no later than 23:00). However, these should be exceptions. • Students must not operate machinery or vehicles under any circumstances. • Students are entitled to a lunchbreak (minimum 30 minutes) and a tea break. • Students must not be paid for their work experience. • Work experience must not be taken with a current employer.
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