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Year 11 Work Experience Summer Term 2020 How can a Work Experience placement help me in the future?

How will Work Experience help me in the future? • Clearer idea of what type of job or career you would like to have in the future – try the job to see if you like it • Find out what it is like having to go to work everyday rather than school • Develop employability skills such as team-working, time- keeping, problem solving and communication skills • Use your initiative and face new challenges • Help you to get a job later on when you have left school or possibly a part time job while you are still at school if you impress your boss • It should also help you with applications in the future such as University or Apprenticeship applications

How do I organise my placement? • What type of placement e.g. office, outdoors, ICT based, creative, practical, working in a team • Think about possible future career plans or your GCSE subject choices or interests and skills you can already offer in Year 11 • You have to organise your own placement – visit them in person, write to them, possibly attend an interview • Search the Internet using websites such as Total Jobs to find ideas of different jobs and names of companies or businesses or walk around Harrogate for ideas and addresses • Speak to family, friends, teachers to see if they have any contacts or helpful suggestions

Where do HGS students go? Vet Printer ASDA Primary School Bank Garage Hairdresser Farms Solicitor Bakeries Advertising Golf Club Pro Shop Bettys Marks and Spencer Pharmacies WH Smith HMV Yorkshire Water Hotels Victoria BMW Debenhams Golf Club Catering Architect Barrister Waitrose Hospital National Grid Beauty Salon Courthouse Stray FM Dentist Rudding Park Riding School Specsavers RHS Harlow Carr Henshaws Florists Hoopers National Trust Photography Newspaper Construction Science Lab MP’s office

Hints and tips to make you stand out! • Sell yourself! Tell the company about yourself and state clearly why you are interested in the placement you have chosen • Think about what you would like to achieve whilst you are on placement and why do you think you will benefit from working with them • Think about what skills you have to offer – remember qualities such as good timekeeping, confidence, enjoying new challenges and the ability to use your initiative are just as important as good maths or I.T. skills and other qualifications • Draw on every bit of experience you have – things like babysitting, Saturday jobs, responsibilities or participation in activities both in and outside of school such as sports or music etc can provide valuable experience that can be transferred to the workplace

Health and Safety Checks • All student placements must be passed by NYBEP (North Yorkshire Business and Enterprise Partnership) for health and safety checks. We cannot approve your work experience unless this is completed. • £32 cost to be paid per student to cover the Health and Safety checks. Must pay this at the same time as returning the Student Work Experience Placement Form by the Friday 17 th January 2020 deadline • You must make the online payment and return required paperwork by Friday 17th January 2020 to be included in the school programme • NYBEP cannot pass placements outside the NYBEP area (£30 - £60 charge for out of area). Look for placements in North Yorkshire e.g. Harrogate or York as they are usually okay • NYBEP and school will require you, your parents and your employer to sign a number of very important forms before you are allowed to go on placement so you must make sure that your placement is organised by deadlines set

What happens when I have organised a placement? • Information and documents to complete will be on the HGS school website in the Careers and Personal Development Faculty section and will be emailed to you and parents • Read everything carefully and print the Student Work Experience Placement Form and ensure that all sections are completed by you, a parent and the employer by the deadlines indicated. All signatures required to prove that you are all happy about the arrangements for the placement • Return the Student Work Experience Placement Form to me by Friday 17 th January 2020

Will I get anything for completing my placement? • Complete a NYBEP Record Book during your placement • Your employer will receive a phone call from a member of staff from HGS to see how you are getting on • After work experience you hand in your completed NYBEP Record Book and Daily Diary for assessment. You will then be awarded a Gold, Silver or Bronze certificate to reflect your progress during work experience. This certificate will be very useful in the future – evidence for applying for jobs, college/apprenticeship/university applications

Have you got all of that?! • Think carefully about what you would like to do and start researching possible employers as soon as possible – other schools and students also looking • Read and complete ALL paperwork by the deadlines set to make sure you can go on work experience • Come to the Careers Fair on Thursday 28th November to meet lots of employers and possibly secure a placement or speak to employers on your Year 11 ‘Your Future Your Choice’ Super Learning Day on Thursday 17 th October Good Luck!