Surfing Waves

who here is in year 10 here and doin work experiance ,anybody havin any problems and gettin turned down ive treid a few places and been turned down twice and got 2 replies saying they will take me but that is TESCO ,and the the tourist infomation office two jobs i really dont wanna do bein stuck inside all the time but ive got an interview with the army tommrow about a 'look in to life in the army' thing which will be amazin if i get it .anyone else got any funny about past or present work exirence things please share ..

aaaaaaah work experience i remember the days....

Ok I did mine 4 or 5 years ago now but at the time i wanted to be an archaeologist, i was still at home in Northumberland then so managed to get work experience with the county archaeologist. What was better is that i worked with the entire environment team which included 2 archaeologists, a historic buildings specialist, an ecologist and a marine biologist. It was pretty good cos inbetween the filing they took me out into the field to show me their work. Its pure coincedence that im now doing ecology/ marine ecology rather that archaeology what you want to do will change loads between now and A levels/uni/ real world! Do something that will either help you learn new skills or somethin you will enjoy. How bout askin round the local surf shops?

treid the local surf shops ,no luck also treid a surf hire place on the beach ,no luck but i dont do to well at school and probably not at collage either but im doin a BTEC natinal diploma in spot at school now which means im leaving school with a handy qaulificatiion and also im planning on joining the army and learning a skilled trade/or sports instructor sort of thing , with the work expierence ive got anuther till janurary to find somthing good.(looks like your expirence went quite smoothly to me )

Heheh! My work experience was great! It was in October and I did four days with my aunties friend then I skived the rest n me and my auntie went to a surf camp for a week in Morocco! I finally got to learn to surf it was great and waaay better than another week and day of work experience! That's gotta be the best work experience ever! Anyone willing to challenge it??? heheh

! ! wow, that sounds bout what i want to do.

im in year 10 now, and im sort of looking but not looking for work experience, ive sent a coupla emails to mr crystallight (ive mentioned this several times before) who has yet to reply, i want to do work experience at surfboard making, or in a surf shop, which is my next port of call. so thats my plan. army would be really cool!

babyboarder89 wrote:i want to do work experience at surfboard making, or in a surf shop, which is my next port of call

Surfboard shapers is a no-go im afraid, youve got the same idea as i had when it was my turn, its all down to the damn school and a load of health and safety crap which doesnt cover the school if you had an accident Which wasnt good.
I went to a local surfshop, and although in the depths of october, was still pretty rad!

Lallylagirl, good work experience!!

Good Luck where ever you decide to go!

oh no

Get down to ur local army requriting office.

or phone the number in the adverts.

well some bloke come from the army to my school and told me to send a letter to him and he will send one back for a army look int to life course which came under work expirence and said it will be sorted but i havent recieved a letter back throught the school or at home so ive ended up goin to tesco for work expirence ! 9-5 job but i do get free lunches .........

im in yr10 now but in my skl we dont do work experience till year 11. i wanna go to newcastle airport coz my teacher said they'd take ya on all the flights sounds good to me. but about the army thing does the school not sort it out for every1.

which Newcastle, England or Oz?

just finished year 10..my school was to gay to let us do work experience during school, apparently some kids screwed off the whole time..isnt that whats its meant for? anyway yeah so i diddnt do any work experience.

england

im from bout 45 mins north of newcastle, so was just curious!

Am down in Norwich at the mo at uni though, just thought i'd say hi

Lib

hey..
I have a job. But I'm totally hate it ... I'm working in Place called "Grand Mart" it is a grocery store from all over the world.. and its stinks there always... and when i comming home i have always to wash them.... Also my boss is always but always angry.. and when i say "HI" to him, os trying to ask a question he pretends that he never saw me... and i think that it is rood.. and also i discovered that my hourly payment is the lowest one.. i talked with him abouot it.. and he was like shore i will give u .50 more c. when u r going to remember all the codes... there is like 273 codes.. i told him that i can't remember so many.. and then he was like ur problem.. well i rhought about to quit but who is going to pay for my car??? well so i decided to stay...

whoa ur boss sounds pretty bad i wanted a proppa job but i couldnt find anywhere as im only 15. but after reading that last post im not to sure

Surfingirl you need to start looking for another job in your spare time - like soon as! Nobody needs to take that s.h.i.t from anyone !

Yeah I KNOW... now i found new Place called "Cenury pool" .. it is so cool.. u can visit the web site.. if u r intrested.... www.centurypool.com they r really cool people... .. so what do u think about it..

Just had a quick look at their site and it seems like its ideal . So if you haven't filled in an application form yet why not? They look like they're gonna look after their employees really well and seem to specialise in young people on their first work experiences.
I did some lifeguarding when I was younger and it was excellent - outdoor pool in the summer, wicked tan, babes, cool fun people about, no stress. Now that is what work should be about . Then there are the more serious areas to get more involved in if you want like first aid, higher lifeguard qualifications, swimming coaching, more technical pool maintenance - sorting out pH levels of water, filter stuff, water pump stuff, etc.