Work Experience

[Sasquatch]

I tried to get experiential credits at college for military classes, but they wouldn't let me. I mean hell, that'd be a good semester's worth of credits right there, if I could test out of 'em--it ain't like I don't know the stuff, the buggers. But noooo...

Through high school, though, nothing. Had jobs, but none through school.

[-N-]

My first real job (payroll, taxes, etc) was as a hardware technician at Systech. Next three jobs were all within various divisions of Northrop Grumman working on the Global Hawk. Now I am in a research project at Stanford. I highly recommend work experience for the highschool student - it is indispensable on college applications as well as a good personal experience.

[Calliope]

www.amnesty.org <3

[Brian The Pink Shark]

i didnt do work experience, i hid when they did it cos i was scared but everyone else said it was really good so im quite dissapointed now

[Mo-Nercy]

I was a teacher's aid at my local primary school. They were like, "Whoa, big kid."

[eestlinc]

I've only ever worked actual jobs.

[Slothy]

Not sure what the work experience thing you're talking about involves. Do you just work at a job for some amount of time? At my University we have a co-operative education program. Basically you get to work in actual jobs you may be interested in, and get paid for it too. Quite a nice program actually since you get money and useful work experience. I've spent the last 6 months or so working at an accounting firm, and it's been great. I'm only in my second year and I've already decided this is what I want to do after working with them, so it's definitely a great program. Sure beats four years of school only to find that you hate the jobs in your field.

[Project G]

I did work experience in a local funeral directors, I thought it was excellent, everyone that worked there was crazy

[Shadow Bahamut]

me? i went to an Architects office, drawing up official documents and detailed drawings that were used on proper developments. It was hard, i had the pressure of: if i screwed up, the project was screwed up...
i didn't screw up often. I did once and got totally b*ll*cked for it. There was only me and this architect, so it was pretty boring, cuz there was no-one else to talk to. , but i did get paid at the end of the 2 weeks i worked, all of £10...i felt cheapened by the whole experience..

[Jojee]

I don't get what you people mean when you say you're on work experience... XD So like Chem, I'll just post my work experience ;]

Taco Bell employee >_>
Pop's Club employee <_<
internship at the State Capitol for a representative ^_^
Victoria's Secret employee^^
"teaching English" (more like tutoring) in China right now, although admittingly I haven't been doing a very good job XD

[Shoden]

i only did a week

[Chaos]

I did two weeks of working in a stables.
And no, it wasn't "aww cute horseys go neighneigh". I was working 8 till 6 mucking out horses stables (which I found fairly satisfying) leading horses to fields, picking up poo from fields, tacking up horses for spoilt brats to ride and anything involving horse manure.

Basically 10 hours of manual labour a day when you are 15 is a bit of a shock. Especially when you put down you want to do something related to art.

I did get to ride once, which was ok. Seeing as I had been riding for about two years it was alright in that respect But with a mild fear of horses, going into a strange horses stable with it in there and mucking it out was unnerving.

For my next work experience two years later, I did something a bit more easy - I joined a volunteer drama group and put on shows at schools. Was alright, although there was a kid with ADHD in our group and man, he was a handful to work with. Still, good people skills.
Work experience is fun.

My boyfriend arranged his to work with his mum.

His mum works at home, as a childminder.

Chaos

[louby_4eva]

I did work experience at Bury Town Hall in the litigation part. Went to Bury county court as well for a day, it was doing that that made me realise that I didn't want to study law at college.

Smile and Be happy

[Shoden]

i worked with horses cats dogs and saw other animals like rabbits a guinea fowl ducks geese and FISH!!!

[Resha]

I do mine next year! I can't wait! Heehee! MWAHAHA MY PARENTS CAN'T STOP ME FROM HAVING A JOB, THEN! ^________^ But I have no idea how it works, whether we have to find a job on our own, or whether they assign us one. So what I'll be doing...