Work experience
Getting involved in work experience while you study is an excellent way to improve your chances of getting a job when you graduate.
Work experience provides:
- personal growth, as you learn to apply learned theory to real-life work situations
- a network of contacts
- scope to assess different work environments
- employers with an opportunity to assess your potential for their organisation.
Types of work experience
What counts as work experience? Any experience is good - whether paid or unpaid, holiday or part-time, including:
- part-time work
- industrial placements/internships
- casual holiday work
- volunteer work.
Extra skills from work experience
Work experience will develop your skills in:
- communication
- teamwork
- leadership
- problem solving
- organisational skills
- technological skills
- time management