FabSwingers.com forum: Work experience

By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Not sure if it's something that still goes on today but when I was at school it was compulsory.

I wanted to be a carpenter so got sent to a factory who made furniture, spent the entire time putting cardboard boxes together boring as hell,zero carpentry.

I did become a carpenter but the work experience didn't make any difference deciding this.

So where did you do your work experience and did it help you with your ultimate career choice?

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By *lephantisMan
over a year ago

Oxford

I wanted to be a journalist and hoped to get a placement in the local rag's offices. They put me in a primary school, where I spent most of the week cleaning up after Art. Yuk.

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By *ustmemyselfandi1Man
over a year ago

southampton

I wanted to be a fireman so they sent me to Fairthorne Manor as a groundsmen…….

Made no sense and absolutely no dog fence to what I do now!

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

There was no work experience for me, jeez I must be old!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wanted to work with animals and was sent to a horse livery and then a dog and cat boarding kennels (we have work experience once a week for an entire year)

I am now a farmer, but I started farming when I was 8 before either of those work placements

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did 2 weeks in a vauxhall motors garage. Remember on my last day they stacked tyres over me, pushed me over and rolled me around the workshop. Made me the man I am today (I'm not a mechanic)

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By *RANDMRSJAECouple
over a year ago

chester

I didn’t really know what I wanted to do but spent 2 weeks in a high street bank.

They gave me the job of sorting rejected cheques - you ran them through an oversized machine, Then they got bundled and posted to the originating bank

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By *onnynclaireCouple
over a year ago

Reading

I really wanted to work in the music industry. My placement was in a musical instrument shop.

Used the till a couple of times, took stock and mainly spent the time playing guitars and jamming with employees.

I’m now a gardener

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wanted to work in a bank. So they put me in an office.

I did filing all week and changed me mind and never wanted to work in an office ever again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I did work experience in a bank and it was boring af

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

Worked in a local newspaper's office. Yes, it made me realise I didn't want to do something so truly tedious and meh.

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By *old HoopsWoman
over a year ago

Near Chester

"I wanted to work in a bank. So they put me in an office.

I did filing all week and changed me mind and never wanted to work in an office ever again.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do and worked in an office. Decided the same as you and became cabin crew.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Courses that require the students to spend a time on placement, need to be treated very carefully.

The course that did,any decades ago, at the height of the NI Troubles, sent me to a quango, which did promise much in the first week, but ultimately did deliver very little; I spend the whole year in a windowless storeroom where I was supposed to work on my thesis.

Principally what I learned was that workplace and other politics played a big part of the work.

It was a steep learning curve in how my minority group were marginalised and shunned in N.Ireland.

I would never work in a similar organisation.

Educate your tutors from the outset that you require a beneficial time away from the course.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It wasn't an option for us. And from what I see, most kids around here end up doing work experience in a place where the boss knows Dad.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Worked in a restaurant and went to the casino every morning with owner. I learned a lot about money & a little bit of cooking

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Courses that require the students to spend a time on placement, need to be treated very carefully.

Principally what I learned was that workplace and other politics played a big part of the work.

It was a steep learning curve in how my minority group were marginalised and shunned in N.Ireland.

I would never work in a similar organisation.

Educate your tutors from the outset that you require a beneficial time away from the course."

This is very different from what I asked but thanks for your input.

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

I wanted to be a teacher so I went back to my old infant school. I loved those 2 weeks. I did become a teacher too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wanted to be a vet, so they sent me to work in a vets. Which was awful, some truly horrible sights, lots of heartbreak and I came home after the first week crying my eyes out to my mum refusing to go back for the second. I have a lot of respect for vets now.

The second week they put me in a nursery looking after tots. It was quite good

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Courses that require the students to spend a time on placement, need to be treated very carefully.

Principally what I learned was that workplace and other politics played a big part of the work.

It was a steep learning curve in how my minority group were marginalised and shunned in N.Ireland.

I would never work in a similar organisation.

Educate your tutors from the outset that you require a beneficial time away from the course."

You learned never to work for a quango, I’d add public sector to the list. Good for you learnedvot early.

My course required 1 year in industry, I was sent to Astra zeneca and learned a huge amount , then I worked for a quango and thought I’d arrived in hell

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By *ickshawedCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

I wanted to be an engineer so they sent me to an aerospace factory. But they put me to work in the office for a few days before I told them I was meant to be in the factory area. I hated the office where I was putting things in alphabetical order. I did enjoy the factory but where I was treated absolutely amazingly as I was a 15 year old girl among middle aged men. They were fabulous.

I was adamant that I hated office work.

I now work in an office.

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By *lofeldMan
over a year ago

Redhill

Estate agents. Was a total eye opener and prepared me well in my working life to look out for amoral, albeit entertaining, sharks.

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

I worked in a private animal collection.

About 3 hours of cutting up fruit, fish and chicks for twenty mad minutes of feeding. But then used to be able to wander the park all to myself and mingle with the animals.

Some mad animals in that place. Owner kept them all to himself only the odd researcher allowed in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I went to a bank, incredibly boring.

I have ended up working in finance but not in banking.

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

I spent a week with a firm of Solicitors & loved it. Added fuel to the fire & spent 18 years doing something I loved before a change of direction

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I worked at a couple of different places in the same sector that I was doing my college course on. Absolutely hated it. Now do something entirely different.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I did work experience with a local locksmith, actually lots of hands on training and professional advice.

Now a very successful burglar.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We got to pick where we wanted to go. I chose to go to my dads garage so i didn’t actually have to do anything for a week

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I wanted to be a teacher. As many of my relatives are in that profession I spent time at a school

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

And yes it very much influenced my career choice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When left the children’s home went in to lodge with lady started on yts scheme if anyone remembers them most of time cheap labour in and about Warrington based in Runcorn most of the time just pissballing about got permanent job in Runcorn paying six times what the yts was paying

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By *edfleetMan
over a year ago

covent garden

I told my teacher I wanted to be a millionaire.

I spent my two weeks at home buying and selling shares.

I too didn’t become a teacher

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

They didn't have work experience at my school when I was there

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By *EAT..85Woman
over a year ago

Nottingham

I had no idea what I wanted to be and did my work experience in an estate agency. It was actually quite a good insight into the working world, I didn't want to be an estate agent though.

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By *ilfCrumpet9Man
over a year ago

Wirral

In my time when I was young it was a part time evening or weekend job classed as experience

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By *ooking4othersMan
over a year ago

Here ...

"I didn’t really know what I wanted to do but spent 2 weeks in a high street bank.

They gave me the job of sorting rejected cheques - you ran them through an oversized machine, Then they got bundled and posted to the originating bank

I used to build / repair those machines many years ago

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

I did mine with the navy. I was not a fan of the discipline and yes sir/no sir business lol so that put pay to that. But it was a great experience, I got to be on the Victory to set up for Trafalgar Day.

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By *mma29Couple
over a year ago

wirral

I did my work experience with a dentist...put me right off!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used be a manager in a national wholesaler office and twice a year we got work experiencers. Not sure if they took a lot from it but I did.Changed my view of today's youth as they were really good, positive, willing, hard working. One young lad was so good we had a whip round and gave him a pay packet, nearly made him cry.His mum later phoned me to say thank you and she had never seen him so pleased

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I used be a manager in a national wholesaler office and twice a year we got work experiencers. Not sure if they took a lot from it but I did.Changed my view of today's youth as they were really good, positive, willing, hard working. One young lad was so good we had a whip round and gave him a pay packet, nearly made him cry.His mum later phoned me to say thank you and she had never seen him so pleased "

To be fair he got a huge hug off the office manager, very pretty, slim with big firm tits and she crushed him against them.Would have made me pleased too lol

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Part of my I.T. college course was work placement in a software house. They eventually employed me and I never looked back.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

I wanted to be a lawyer, they put me in a hairdressers sweeping the floors

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

Before work experience was a trip round local businesses, mine was a factory all it did was galvanised what I didn't want to do

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wanted to work in the field of Volcanology so I ended up with work experience in a retail shop.

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By *inchyorksMan
over a year ago

huddersfield

I did mine on a dairy farm, I already worked there at weekends anyway, so I got paid for my work experience.

I still work in agriculture, but no longer milk cows!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wanted to be a teacher initially, went to work experience in a school…really excited and I still remember a guy saying to me pretty blankly why the fuck would you want to do this? I’ve wasted my life.

From there I suddenly lost interest in the idea and never pursued it more

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"I wanted to work in the field of Volcanology so I ended up with work experience in a retail shop.

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so fairly similar

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

I did my work experience at a local free paper.

I made coffee for the real people. I no longer drink hot drinks.

I was sent to remove dumped copies of the paper from some undergrowth. I still spend an unusual amount of time crashing about in undergrowth looking at abandoned things.

I was eventually exiled to most distant corner of the building and left for days to sort out the paper’s archive of back issues. I very much enjoy being alone, and I’m quite organised.

You decide.

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By *he AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

I wanted to be a chef, obviously they place you in kitchens, i lucked out and got a fancy new hotel and one of the very few Sound head chef i ever met(most were Aholes) , he hired me as a weekend Commis after my 6 week Work experience, thought me loads before fecking back to the cruise ships.

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By *annGentMan
over a year ago

With a cracking view

Flip side of the coin ...

Now retired, I was a nurse on our Neonatal Unit.

Had work experience teenagers come to the unit, and couldn't get my head round the fact that they didn't have any objectives for their time spent with us.

Most thought they'd get to cuddle the babies.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I did it in a law centre. I volunteered there after school for a couple of years too. It put me off doing law!

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