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my-work-experience.com launches a new improved version of popular data book

Undisputedly the best recording booklet around for work experience, the my-work-experience.com data book has grown in popularity since its launch in 2007, and after listening to feedback from its customers my-work-experience.com has made it even better!

The latest version of the my-work-experience.com data book now contains EIGHT extra diary pages to allow students to record more of their own free text, are printed on paper from sustainable sources which is untreated to enable smudge free writing, even with a gel pen, and still only cost £1 each!

my-work-experience.com Director, Ron Robinson, believes that this new improved version of the data book, together with the support of the my-work-experience.com website, provides everything a school needs to make its work experience programme a resounding success.

News added on 27 Aug 2009

Recession hits work experience

Schoolchildren are struggling to secure work experience placements because of the recession. In some cases there is such a short supply of companies offering placements that Year 10 pupils have not been able to take part in work experience this year.

Schools across Sussex have reported difficulties this year. At Willingdon Community School in Eastbourne, only 70% of pupils have managed to secure a July placement.

Headteacher Ian Jungius said: “We’re finding people who previously said yes to placements are now saying they can no longer do it, as they don’t have the staff to support it.The main issue seems to be that many have cut down on staff so can’t afford to have someone looking after a student.”

Heather Collier, director of the National Council for Work Experience, said all age groups are having difficulties finding work experience. She said: “I think it definitely is to do with the recession. With a lot of companies making redundancies, even though these placements wouldn’t be paid, managers will have a lot more on their mind and perhaps this has gone to the bottom of the priority list.”

The Directors of my-work-experience have noticed an increasing problem in the supply of suitable work experience placements in recent years and attribute it partly to the ever growing demand on employers for placements to support a widening use of the workplace for training and development

However we also agree with Heather that the recession has exacerbated the problems of availability and this will have a seriously negative effect on the government’s plans for the development of the new Diplomas.

Use the website feedback form to let us know what problems you have experienced and how you think the situation can be improved.

News added on 10 Jun 2009

my-work-experience.com launches a new website

A new, innovative website from my-work-experience.com was launched at the Mount Pleasant Hotel, Doncaster, on the 19 March 2009 in front of an invited audience.

The website, my-bizidea.co.uk, has been designed by my-work-experience.com as part of its commitment to the Doncaster Enterprise for Learning (DE4L) Project funded by Success Doncaster. Its purpose is to promote and develop our young peoples’ skills and spirit of enterprise through a series of exciting and fun steps, involving business planning, market research, marketing techniques and financial planning, leading to displaying their fully developed business idea on a their own bizidea webpages.

Use of the my-bizidea website is free to Doncaster schools. Schools in other local authorities may use the website after paying the appropriate registration fee – visit my-bizidea.co.uk for details.

News added on 24 Mar 2009

Helping young people is good for business

Northend Printers in Sheffield are backing the new 14-19 Diplomas. They are providing opportunities for Sheffield students to gain valuable knowledge and experience for this national initiative that aims to combine both practical and theoretical learning in schools and business.

Students from Myers Grove and Stocksbridge Schools recently visited the company for a practical day of learning about the use of IT and Communication Technology in the design and print industry.

Northend HR Consultant Dorothy Betts said ‘Young people are our future and we find that they often have much more to offer than they are sometimes given credit for’ ‘We have always supported initiatives aimed at developing young people’s skills and have invited work experience students for many years’.

Launched this year, 14-19 Diplomas are courses in Business and Industry sectors which combine school and work based learning, giving young people a qualification worth the equivalent of seven GCSE’s.

Northend will also be taking two more students on half-day work experience for six weeks giving them further hands on experience for their Diploma courses.

Ron Robinson, a Director of my-work-experience.com who has been involved in work related and enterprise learning for more than 30 years said: ‘Northend are our printer of choice not just because of the quality, price and delivery they offer, which is excellent, but also because our business is built around young people we naturally always prefer to work with companies who have the same ethos’.

News added on 7 Jan 2009

Related link - http://www.northend.co.uk

Aaron, 14, sells car on work experience

He may still be three years away from being allowed to drive a car of his own, but 14-year-old Aaron Mills showed he has a big future as a salesman after selling a BMW on his first day of work experience in a used car showroom.

Aaron's success in getting the £2,295 asking price for the car has now landed him a Saturday job at the Lings Honda dealership, in Lowestoft.

Phil Reid, used car sales manager at the Riverside Road showroom, said: “He had been here for six weeks doing one day a week, but he had been round different departments doing different jobs and this was the first time I got a chance to speak to him. He was very, very switched on. I talked to him and showed him how to work the computer system and I told him if a customer came in, to go and speak to them. And the first customer that came in, he introduced himself, did everything properly and professionally. He did a deal on a part-exchange and he got it.”

Aaron is in year 10 and is enrolled on the entrepreneurial enterprise course at Kirkley High School. The course is designed to explore elements of entrepreneurism and help students develop the attitudes to succeed. Cheryl Willis, Kirkley High's enterprise advisor, said: “The work in the classroom has built on the development of enterprising attitudes and this shone brightly through when he sold a car at Lings Honda.”

As a reward for his sale Aaron was presented £50 from Lings when he got back to school. Aaron said: “The money makes me happy and it was a good feeling negotiating and selling the car. It's good to have people believe in you.”

News added on 7 Dec 2008

Outstanding contributions to work experience

Charmian Roberts, chair of work experience at National Education Business Partnerships (EBP) Network, collected the National Award for Outstanding Contributions to Work Experience at the annual National Conference for Work Experience and Work-Related Learning Organisers at Warwick University earlier this month.

Ms Roberts had previously received recognition for close involvement with the Government and the Department for Education and Skills, for which her department arranges an annual contract for provision of work experience, when she was invited to the Queen's annual Garden Party in July, where she got the opportunity to discuss her work with the monarch.

News added on 7 Dec 2008

Most Supportive Employer of the Young Apprenticeship Programme 2008

Salford-based housing specialists Bramall Construction was crowned ‘Most Supportive Employer of the Young Apprenticeship Programme 2008’ at the prestigious Lancashire Education Business Partnership (LEBP) Investors in Education awards held in Blackpool.
As part of the Young apprenticeship programme, Bramall has gone out of its way to train 14-16-year-olds in the workplace and assist them in getting their qualifications in construction before leaving school.
Terry said: “We offer the youngsters 50 days work experience over the two year programme where they can come along and witness the work that goes on site. We do everything we can to assist them in gaining their qualifications and moulding them for a successful future in the construction industry.
“It’s a great scheme as you often find that schoolchildren are even more enthusiastic than apprentices, as they have already made up their minds what they want to do at an early age and from an Employers point of view we recognise that when these students do leave school they know what they want to do as a career and will hit the ground running with their employer. Hopefully it will be Bramall Construction.”

News added on 7 Dec 2008

Doncaster Enterprise 4 Learning project

my-work-experience.com is a member of a consortium chosen to improve the capability of schools in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to embed enterprise into the curriculum under the government inspired LEGI (Local Enterprise Government Initiative) programme.

The aim of the project, now in its second year, is to change cultures around work and employment, so that enterprise and self-employment become real possibilities for young people leaving education and training.

As a project partner my-work-experience.com is using its expertise and resources to increase entrepreneurial activity and pupil attainment levels by working with pupils, schools, teachers and businesses in Doncaster, and during the lifetime of the project Doncaster schools are eligible to receive my-work-experience data books and website access free of charge.

News added on 24 Nov 2008

my-work-experience.com win contract to run schools work experience on the Isle of Man

From September 2007 my-work-experience.com will be providing the Isle of Man with a bespoke work experience service from their new office based on the Island.

The Directors of my-work-experience.com are developing a new website to manage the programme and schools will have access to placement availability in real time.

Eventually as work experience providers add links to their own web pages the service will provide a fantastic resource for young people researching career opportunities on the Island.

It is hoped that this site will be instrumental in retaining young talent on the Island after they have trained or attended Universities in the UK.

News added on 22 Aug 2007

Help for students and parents

Saint George's Church of England School in Kent has posted links on its school website to the my-work-experience.com website to help its students and parents learn more about work experience.
Following his recent resignation as Trident from Edexcel's Regional Director for the North of England, Ron Robinson, who has now joined my-work-experience.com Limited as a Director, said 'this as a significant development and I am very keen to encourage other schools to follow suit. The my-work-experience.com website is available to all parties in the work experience process - teachers, schools, students, parents and employers - to make use of, and we will always be ready to listen in order to support the very important work that they do in preparing young people to become productive member of adult working life'.
Ron Robinson can be contacted at ron.robinson@my-work-experience.com.

News added on 24 Apr 2007

Women in business

An "army of women activists" is being launched by the UK government to help and inspire women to start businesses.
News added on 28 Jan 2007

inspired idea or classroom chaos?

It's either an inspired idea or the recipe for classroom chaos. Ten thousand of the nation's teenagers are being handed a crisp tenner and invited to use it to make their mark. Yesterday was the launch of Make Your Mark With a Tenner month. The £100,000 stake money is being put up by Andrew Reynolds of the Entrepreneur Channel in the name of advancing youthful entrepreneurialism. (2 February 2007)
News added on 27 Jan 2007

How you can earn £1,050 more than your mates

Young people with relevant work experience have the potential to earn £1,050 a year more than those without, a survey of employers suggests.
News added on 26 Jan 2007

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