| Work Experience
Work experience is generally unpaid, it is volunteering your time for a short period of time, generally 2 to 4 weeks. Work experience can be big step forward in obtaining employment in the career of your choice.
Larger companies may offer internships, which is similar to work experience however it is generally for a 12 month period.
It is common for employers to offer full time jobs to work experience staff.
Work Experience:
You may essentially contact any arts business and politely offer your time for work experience. However you must understand that
although you are offering your time for free a business may not have
the time available to supervise and train you... taking on students
for work experience can be a time consuming task for the business
owner.
Some tips when approaching an arts business for Work Experience;
- Ask politely for the appropriate staff member's name whom you
should be contacting.
- In Person; Be polite, smile and be confident. Dress neatly.
- By Phone; Never call on Monday morning when people are busy
and never call on Friday afternoon when people are rushing to
leave for the weekend. Generally between 10am and 5pm on a Tueday
or Wednesday is best.
- After your initial contact follow up with a written letter addressed
to the person you spoke with. You should re-iterate your interest
in work experience, or thank the person for speaking with you
and ask them to keep your details on record.
- If you are given an opportunity accept it and see it through
for an agreed period. If you are offered two opportunities and
you have to refuse one, be sure to reply promptly and be honest.
- Be sure to ask for a written reference after you have completed
work experience
Research tells us that not all jobs are
advertised, quite often it's being in the right place at the right
time. Work Experience can often turn into regualr employment. Good
Luck!
|
