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Any ideas for Year 10 work experience?
Hi - I'm in Year 10 in England, and this year we have to find placements for a week of work experience. My school is allowing us to approach any companies, as long as we can get ourselves to and from the workplace, and the company has all the right insurance.
I'm really not sure what to apply for, because there are only a few places at local shops/supermarkets, and most people are applying for those. I'm particularly interested in Maths-based subjects, particularly Maths, Computing and Physics, but I also like Drama, Art and Geography. I don't really know what I want to do when I'm older, but probably something involving physics, maths, electronics, programming, graphics (I'm not sure what jobs apply those sorts of skills, though). Working in those fields isn't really a necessity for my work experience, though - I'm pretty happy to try other things out.
People sometimes say I'd make a good teacher, but I'm not sure I'd want to help in a primary school, because I'm tall and kind of a klutz, so I'm worried I'd trip over the kids (forever tripping over Year 7/8s in corridors at school). I also get pretty bad hayfever in summer (when I'll be doing my placement), so garden centre/farming jobs wouldn't be very suitable for me.
I live on the edge of a small-to-average-sized town, with a few supermarkets near by, and typical town-centre-ish things (shops, banks, cinema, pubs, cafes, post office, et cetera) in the town centre. There's also an industrial estate, plenty of farms and some local history museums within biking distance. There are a few villages in reasonably close by, but I've never really explored most of them, other than biking through.
3 Answers
- 10 years agoFavourite answer
If you really don't know what you want to be then i would go for something that will help you get a job in the future, even if it's a part time one. If you do work experience in a corner shop or co-op or something then it looks good on your cv when looking for a job, they may even offer you a job at the end of the placement and if you have a part time job now then it will help you get into uni or get a more permanent job in the future. If loads of people are applying for shops or supermarkets look for something smaller like a cafe, just so you get experience with working with customers/people skills.
Hope this helps :) xx
- 9 years ago
I'm not sure when in the school timetable year 10 is as I was at school with year 1 to 3 in Infants 1 to 4 in Juniors etc.
If you really are interested in math, electronics and programming then I do have one recommendation.
I am a little biased as this is my career.
Air Traffic Engineering, if you are in a small to average sized town then I would expect there is an airport or two fairly near you.
The work is very varied with, even on fairly small airfields, equipment such as ILS, DVOR, DME, HRDF,NDB,IRVR,RADAR voice and data switches to name just a few bits of kit. There is also day to day equipment to look after, UHF radios, VHF radios, pagers, monitors, pcs and anything else they throw at you. It all makes for an interesting day!
You have the option of working for a specific airfield, or working for an outfit like NATS who provide back up for the UK. Also you may go down the line eventually of working for one of the suppliers of individual bits of kit.