Help what do i do for my work experience

hi everyone im back with another meltdown because my school expect me to do work experience !! thing is when people ask me what my dream job is I can't think of one because I would never dream of working /JOKE. anyways I want to do something politics or international relations oriented and yes, ive contacted my local mp and they said they don't offer that at the moment so im sad and have zero other ideas.

PLEAAAAAASEEEE if you have any suggestions please tell me </3

as always thanks for reading DIVASSS :3

Reply 1

Student leader

Well I'm new here and I'm barely old enough to pick GCSE options but...

Maybe try doing some research of anything specific to the job orrr...
Widen your job oppurtunities?

IDK if this helps so I hope you figure out something

Reply 2

jpdfive

I’ve started uni. Let me tell you, job experience makes absolutely zero difference to your future, employers don’t care, you won’t get paid, it’s a tickbox exercise, once the week is over it’ll be like it never happened. Don’t get me wrong you may enjoy it and learn from it, but it’s nothing to be worried about.

It also means you don’t have to limit yourself. It doesn’t have to be what you want to persue later in life, if you want you can just pick something youre vaguely interested in. My GCSE’s got ****ed by COVID so I didn’t have to do them at all, and i also didn’t have to do work experience, luckily. But if i did, whilst i have no desire to work in a garage or a wood yard, i might have just asked around to find out more about how these things work because i’m interested in the process.

Like i say, this doesn’t define anything. You can do this experience, and move on like it never happened. Most employers will offer experience if you ask for it, some larger ones have proper programmes. if you can’t, your Head if Year or Progress Leader, or alternative person managing it for your year will help you find something, as long as you can give them the direction you want to go for.

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Reply 3

Student leader

well it was worth a shot

Reply 4

Best.Na.i

Original post

by sp4m.alya

hi everyone im back with another meltdown because my school expect me to do work experience !! thing is when people ask me what my dream job is I can't think of one because I would never dream of working /JOKE. anyways I want to do something politics or international relations oriented and yes, ive contacted my local mp and they said they don't offer that at the moment so im sad and have zero other ideas.
PLEAAAAAASEEEE if you have any suggestions please tell me </3
as always thanks for reading DIVASSS :3

Hey idk if ur near london but I think Parliament has a work experince scheme but i'm not too sure

Reply 5

hippieglitter

Ask around local businesses or schools, I didn't do official work experience but my Mum was teacher so I spent loads of time helping out at her school.

Reply 6

MillieeM2

Doing university programmes like Sutton Trust can be good. IHAV mentoring scheme focuses on politics/international relations. Patchwork masterclass as well

Reply 7

Euapp

Original post

by sp4m.alya

hi everyone im back with another meltdown because my school expect me to do work experience !! thing is when people ask me what my dream job is I can't think of one because I would never dream of working /JOKE. anyways I want to do something politics or international relations oriented and yes, ive contacted my local mp and they said they don't offer that at the moment so im sad and have zero other ideas.
PLEAAAAAASEEEE if you have any suggestions please tell me </3
as always thanks for reading DIVASSS :3

Choose something around one of your hobbies. If you play a sport you could ask to work at a local club either on the admin side or with a groundsman or shadowing coaches etc. It’ll have absolutely no bearing on your future job prospects unless it allows you to discover a career you otherwise wouldn’t have considered, but one week of work experience won’t make you more or less employable.