{"id":1692,"date":"2018-02-12T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/?page_id=1692"},"modified":"2018-02-12T15:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:35:02","slug":"why-do-a-work-placement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/work-experience\/why-do-a-work-placement\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do a work placement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Career information<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; find out about this career\/area\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; what does each job actually look like.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; find out if you want to follow this career\/don\u2019t want to\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0pursue this career<\/li>\n<li>Make contacts (<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">NETWORK<\/span><\/strong>) \u2013 the employer\/owner may:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 ask you back\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 agree to give you a reference\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 help you get a job\/other work experience, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Develop\u00a0your skills<\/span><\/strong>\u2013 eg improve your communication skills by talking to other workers, customers, etc<\/li>\n<li>Learn about the<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> world of work<\/span><\/strong> and the workplace<\/li>\n<li>Consider the<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong> pathways<\/strong><\/span> to this career &#8211; find out how to get a career in this area \u00a0eg:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2013 Can you do an apprenticeship?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 What College\/University course should you apply to?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 What qualifications do you need?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; What career opportunities are there in the future?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Previous pupils&#8217; <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">experience of <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">work experience:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;my week proved to me that I definitely want to follow this career path &#8211; it has made me work harder to make sure I get the grades I need&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I thought I wanted to be a teacher &#8211; my work experience made me see that I did not enjoy this type of job&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;my week showed me that the job is not what \u00a0thought it was &#8211; I am now not interested in a career in law and have arranged another work experience in the summer to help me decide what I do want to do&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I improved my network of contacts &#8211; the employer has given me names of colleagues, one who has agreed to offer me another week next year&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;the manager offered me a part-time summer job after my work experience placement&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I was offered a 4 year apprenticeship following my placement&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Career information:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/work-experience\/why-do-a-work-placement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why do a work placement?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3233,"featured_media":0,"parent":486,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1692","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1692\/revisions\/1697"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/futurepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}