Work experience and the law?

[felixthelogchopper]

I had a guy on work experience recently and some knob from the college phoned me on my mobile on Sunday evening asking of he could come and see me one day with some forms to fill in!!

 

I told I had no free time but had he heard of e mail. Never heard another thing!!

 

I would have filled in the forms but I wasn't going out of my way to spend time in "a meeting".

 

Also, my personal opinion is that the colleges should insure them if they are sending them on work experience. Not my problem if he does something stupid and gets a scratch. The lad they sent was ok though.

 

But if your gf is asking you to help her brother out, independently of the college, then do it if you want.

 

Also what is an "ent"?

 

Isn't that one of the tree creatures in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy?

[Dan Earp]

Only forms i know of was, about half way through their time a teacher would speak to the employer, write some bits down whilst the lad or lass was there. After that we had to write a statement about said person.

We just gave it to the work exp lad as 'homework' that night lol job done

[Rik]

yeah i was told i may get a visit from a teacher one day through the week, and i'll just have to fill in a little hing about how good he was, attitude, punctuality etc etc. i doubt i'll be getting a visit though as he college is 120 miles away from us to be honest though they were a lot more laid back than i thought they were gonna be.. and actually seemed to know what was going on! so all is in place and jobs a goodun..

 

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[Dan Earp]

Nice one

[agg221]

Excellent.

 

After I finished my GCSEs, the school required that I did a week's work experience. They arranged things like working in a bank, working in an office etc. but you could arrange your own if you wanted. I was in North Kent (near Dartford) and arranged to go to the East Malling Horticultural Research Establishment where I spent a week in the propagation department. It meant two trains, with a 2-mile walk at each end, and it was absolutely worth it. I learned so much in just a week, and although I don't work in the field, I still benefit from what I saw.

 

My younger brother then arranged his at the local firework company - he still works for them on an ad-hoc basis (as do I). Again, it's not the main job, but it was well worth doing.

 

My employer recently changed its policy to make work experience possible, and I took the first one last summer. Really bright lad, very responsible and enthusiastic, and I tailored what he saw/did around his abilities (keeping in mind what I couldn't let him do). I put a couple of hours thought in beforehand to make sure it was as interesting, varied and realistic as possible. I wanted him to leave at the end with a real understanding of why I/we do the job. So many work experience placements turn into a week's worth of filing because it's 'safe' and nobody else wants to do it. That isn't the real job, and whilst it might be convenient free labour it just inspires someone to try and avoid working in that industry.

 

Every industry needs succession planning, and what you really want to find are the people who have real enthusiasm for the job. If someone has an idea that a particular field might be for them, in my view it's well worth the small amount of effort to give them the opportunity to find out (I wouldn't be entirely surprised if my work experience person from last summer ends up being a future employee, or professional customer).

 

 

Rik, it's great that you got it sorted, and I would encourage others to consider it. You are unlikely to get sent dross - particularly if you are approached directly as the person has put some effort in to find you, so they're clearly motivated. Even if you arrange it directly with a school, you can interview if you like, and refuse to take anyone unsuitable. It can be very rewarding when it works out.

 

Alec

[Rik]

Im sure it will work out im well up for givin the lad as much experience and help as i can cos i remember how much i appreciated it when i was still a nipper (still am really)

 

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