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WORK EXPERIENCE KEEP IN TOUCH:
AND VOLUNTEERING
10
reasons
to do work
experience:
6. 8.
Work experience gently introduces you to You might impress them so much that you’ll
the world of work. You get to learn the do’s manage to secure yourself a job or an
and don’ts, get workplace experience and apprenticeship!
learn to navigate your way through the
jungle of office politics. Vitally, it’ll give you
an idea of the skills you might need to thrive 9.
in the workplace.
It’s all about networking. It’ll help you build
7. up contacts and, you never know, they
might even give you a heads up about a
future job or recommend you to another
It’ll help you identify your own skills and company.
perhaps even highlight the areas that you
might want to work on. It will give you
a good understanding of your strengths 10.
and weaknesses.
Work experience does give you
something to put on your CV!
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