Work experience for TY after the JC

cfc.forever

What are you planning on doing for experience? Are you doing something exciting? Are you working for a big company? Are you gonna work for a shop?

You're junior cert results would be a help to getting a placement, for example if you got an A in English/History a library would be inclined to take you on, if you're good at IT, google would take you on.

Personally on my list is Facebook/working in a ministers office.. and I don't know what other one to do. We pick three and do it once a week.

Whats your school like? Have you not decided? What does your daily work involve?

-Cfc.forever

LawdyLad

Probably going to try and get something to do with engineering/architcture/draughtsmanship and i'll see from there. In my school, you pick one place and work there for a week.

cfc.forever

My school you pick 3 places and there divided up.. You do experience for the whole year, if you want to do something really exciting, like work in google or do mini med, we're allowed take a week off school. For example a girl in my class is doing work experience in germany

MomijiHime

I already have a 2 week placement for architecture. I have two more weeks to slot so I think I might spend one in an art college and one in a physiology course or something. I want work experience where I do more than just get people their coffee and kitkat.

Bazinga_N

My school's Ty year is always jam-packed so we only get one week of work experience. I might try working in the Medical Centre in town or CUH in cork.

DublinArnie

I'm going to try to work at Google or Microsoft. If that doesn't work, then I will try small companies such as gamestop etc. If that doesn't work, I will try local shops. I should be able to get a decent placement as I already have work experince and my results shouldn't be that bad .

Mary A

ty to me is just a waste of time , I wanna be young in uni :P

DublinArnie

Mary A wrote: »

ty to me is just a waste of time , I wanna be young in uni :P

Benefits of being young in university? :pac:

Mary A

DublinArnie wrote: »

Benefits of being young in university? :pac:

well ill finished the course I want to do in uni early and get a job fast , anyways if ur gonna say theres no jobs in Ireland im moving back to London for uni soo yhh really excited

DublinArnie

Mary A wrote: »

well ill finished the course I want to do in uni early and get a job fast , anyways if ur gonna say theres no jobs in Ireland im moving back to London for uni soo yhh really excited

I think there's going to be loads of jobs in Ireland in three years. :rolleyes: I'm moving to Canada, New Zealand, Japan or Austriala after university .

Mary A

DublinArnie wrote: »

I think there's going to be loads of jobs in Ireland in three years. :rolleyes: I'm moving to Canada, New Zealand, Japan or Austriala after university .

yhh sure (i) ... cool .. my friend moving to Canada

dalta5billion

Got a summer job out of work experience, minimum wage is liquid gold when you don't earn enough to pay taxes and have no bills.

Getting a good w.e. place is hard, some places will purely exploit you as a teamaker, photocopier and shredder. Small places were better for me, it was a bit more involved, but others seemed to do well in big businesses where there was a relative or family friend, or a well-run TY programme.

If you're shy, and academic, I'd recommend doing TY. You really come out of your shell, and even if you hate your year, people really mature by the end, pr*cks turn into sound people. (September's the worst time, as they all become 2x pr*cks, but gradually become really nice people)

Also, teachers become less scary and more human, which is a plus.

DublinArnie

dalta5billion wrote: »

Got a summer job out of work experience, minimum wage is liquid gold when you don't earn enough to pay taxes and have no bills.

Getting a good w.e. place is hard, some places will purely exploit you as a teamaker, photocopier and shredder. Small places were better for me, it was a bit more involved, but others seemed to do well in big businesses where there was a relative or family friend, or a well-run TY programme.

If you're shy, and academic, I'd recommend doing TY. You really come out of your shell, and even if you hate your year, people really mature by the end, pr*cks turn into sound people. (September's the worst time, as they all become 2x pr*cks, but gradually become really nice people)

Also, teachers become less scary and more human, which is a plus.

Wow, you make TY sound awesome :pac:. Is there anything that would improve chances of getting a job? Like JC results or previous experince of working etc..

dalta5billion

DublinArnie wrote: »

Wow, you make TY sound awesome :pac:. Is there anything that would improve chances of getting a job? Like JC results or previous experince of working etc..

Qualifications, previous experience, portfolio work, working your ass off for free for them for a while all help.

:pac:

greenpyjamas

Do ye think I could get some experience in a library or bookshop this summer or next summer? I'm not doing TY but I still want to get some experience

Cr4pSnip3r

Man, the whole ordeal of getting a job is a right pain in the b****cks, I do say.

greenpyjamas

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Man, the whole ordeal of getting a job is a right pain in the b****cks, I do say.

Don't even know where to start...

dalta5billion

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Do ye think I could get some experience in a library or bookshop this summer or next summer? I'm not doing TY but I still want to get some experience

No one will turn you down in a recession if you will be of benefit to them for free!

So long as you're not going to lower the tone, I'm sure they'll leap at the very thought of of you working for free.

greenpyjamas

dalta5billion wrote: »

No one will turn you down in a recession if you will be of benefit to them for free!

So long as you're not going to lower the tone, I'm sure they'll leap at the very thought of of you working for free.

Yeah, I suppose you're right. I'll ask in one of the bookshops, and see what happens. Thanks!

DublinArnie

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Man, the whole ordeal of getting a job is a right pain in the b****cks, I do say.

+1 Although, if your parents are good friends with someone who is a manager at a fast food restraunt... it's not that hard :rolleyes:.

Cr4pSnip3r

DublinArnie wrote: »

+1 Although, if your parents are good friends with someone who is a manager at a fast food restraunt... it's not that hard :rolleyes:.

You seem to have it easy, at times, you know?

DublinArnie

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

You seem to have it easy, at times, you know?

"Through sacrafice come good things."

Cr4pSnip3r

DublinArnie wrote: »

"Through sacrafice come good things."

I've tried burning thousands of virgins, I got nothing for my great sacrifice.

DublinArnie

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

I've tried burning thousands of virgins, I got nothing for my great sacrifice.

Odd, how did you know they were virgins? :eek:

Cr4pSnip3r

DublinArnie wrote: »

Odd, how did you know they were virgins? :eek:

They're always virgins. :cool: ¡Viva el diablo!

LawlessBoy

I just finished TY in my school, and i was so happy to see the end of it. They have it compulsory in my school and if there was another Irish school around that hadn't got TY i definitely would have moved!

My attendance dropped as everyday going in became a nightmare. Going in to school to empty classes and long boring days where teachers didn't seem to care and i was blown of with the whole " Sure its only 4th year".

But if im completely honest i think my school just made a complete arse of it all. They blew off trips because of funding. Which i found out at the end of the year that ALOT of students hadn't paid for their trips and tours at the start of the year, when i understand money is tight at the moment but i dont think it should be left on others that are willing and able to pay.

My school also gave us the choice of doing a musical, which is ran every year or running a school garden and sort of outdoor education learning about sustainability and things like that. I chose gardening as i wasnt all up for the dancing and singing on a stage. What i didnt know was that 6 weeks in a row trips would be cancelled because the "musical" had to be practiced which ment myself along with other outdoor ed students wore left sitting around watching them practice, even though no ammount of practice in the world would help them!

Theyre mainly the reasons i was put off in TY and didnt enjoy the year. Its all fun for the first few weeks with the change of not doing work all day long, but believe me it gets boring!

EDIT: noticed i just completely ranted about TY :P

For my work experience i had to do 2 weeks charity work and 2 weeks in a career of our own choice.

I got the charity work with my local youth service, which i really did enjoy going out mountain walking and other activities and just generally helping out on drop ins.

My work experience i where i really satisfied myself. I managed to get it up in the Air Corps in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel through a relative that is high up in the army. I was shown so much while there and even brought out to Dublin Airport one of the day up to Air Traffic Control and also in the radar room where they supervise military airspace around the bases. Like if they have training on the supervisor has to keep all airspace around it clear and i was basically shown what they do in their day to day job and its very interesting!

Troxck

DublinArnie wrote: »

I'm going to try to work at Google or Microsoft. If that doesn't work, then I will try small companies such as gamestop etc. If that doesn't work, I will try local shops. I should be able to get a decent placement as I already have work experince and my results shouldn't be that bad .

I'd apply now for Google or Microsoft if you already haven't, I got in contact with Microsoft but unfortunately I'm too far away from Dublin. I also got into Dell but then that was cancelled as the person who offered me the spot was no longer going to be in Dell when I was supposed to have WE.

Don't be out off if something like this happens, always have backups...

So you could apply to local ITs and I'm pretty sure Universities have TY type courses but I don't live near any so I could be wrong.

I myself did a week in a local game studio where I learnt about how to make a game in Javascript through a HTML5 Game Engine which was challenging as I had to program it from scratch but was worthwhile.

The second place was a computer repair shop which I now do a few days of work a week in so that's good too

DublinArnie

Troxck wrote: »

I'd apply now for Google or Microsoft if you already haven't, I got in contact with Microsoft but unfortunately I'm too far away from Dublin. I also got into Dell but then that was cancelled as the person who offered me the spot was no longer going to be in Dell when I was supposed to have WE.

Don't be out off if something like this happens, always have backups...

So you could apply to local ITs and I'm pretty sure Universities have TY type courses but I don't live near any so I could be wrong.

I myself did a week in a local game studio where I learnt about how to make a game in Javascript through a HTML5 Game Engine which was challenging as I had to program it from scratch but was worthwhile.

The second place was a computer repair shop which I now do a few days of work a week in so that's good too

I'm planning to check into Google HQ this July. I don't have any qualifcations yet(JC) but I have previous experince. I hope I would get in XD Better start making my CV soon

Troxck

DublinArnie wrote: »

I'm planning to check into Google HQ this July. I don't have any qualifcations yet(JC) but I have previous experince. I hope I would get in XD Better start making my CV soon

I hope you do too, it sounds like a brilliant experience. I'm guessing you have previous IT knowledge? With hardware or programming? Put that down, even if it's just the basics of some languages such as C++ or Java. If you're interested in IT have you gone to any CoderDojo sessions? They're really useful

DublinArnie

Troxck wrote: »

I hope you do too, it sounds like a brilliant experience. I'm guessing you have previous IT knowledge? With hardware or programming? Put that down, even if it's just the basics of some languages such as C++ or Java. If you're interested in IT have you gone to any CoderDojo sessions? They're really useful

I don't have any coding experince but I have experince with Microsoft and Adobe programms like Photoshop and Word obviously and I know how to web design as I have created three websites and in progress of another one this summer XD. I'm planning to start coding this summer, but my laptop will explode if I try anything like that. Might look into CoderDojo when I get a new laptop to work with.

Troxck

DublinArnie wrote: »

I don't have any coding experince but I have experince with Microsoft and Adobe programms like Photoshop and Word obviously and I know how to web design as I have created three websites and in progress of another one this summer XD. I'm planning to start coding this summer, but my laptop will explode if I try anything like that. Might look into CoderDojo when I get a new laptop to work with.

Programming won't kill your laptop tbh... You can use Notepad and then just download a compiler but that's just a waste of time. I'd start off with HTML5 and download Notepad++ to write it, just remember to save the files as .html Spend a week or two at that and you'd be pretty good. Then move on to C#, C++ or Java, up to you and after that you'd have a brilliant grounding

DublinArnie

Troxck wrote: »

Programming won't kill your laptop tbh... You can use Notepad and then just download a compiler but that's just a waste of time. I'd start off with HTML5 and download Notepad++ to write it, just remember to save the files as .html Spend a week or two at that and you'd be pretty good. Then move on to C#, C++ or Java, up to you and after that you'd have a brilliant grounding

Interesting, would defo look into it and millions of youtube tutorials on coding.

zubikhan

Working for Apple in financial sector, my dad's friend is working in the same sector, so getting it will not be hard other wise
Working in an electronic pc repair shop, again dad's friend owns it. Or final option try to get to work in specsavers ( I love eyes)
I am really looking on becoming an entrepreneur, like those in ''The Apprentice''
In my school, in 4th year you get to do some courses as well as mini company, which I am doing both
Digital and Print Journalism, Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Sports Science and Software Engineering for Games and Applications
From the list I am choosing Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship
I have experience in sales and business as I have my own shop on adverts.ie, sold numerous items such as cars,mobiles,consoles. (all comsumer electronics, mostly) on ebay and donedeal

onlinenerd

I was thinking of getting a job at KFC since my parents were good friends with the manager but he resigned and left for Australia last summer.

Bazinga_N

onlinenerd wrote: »

I was thinking of getting a job at KFC since my parents were good friends with the manager but he resigned and left for Australia last summer.

Lyk if yhuu cri3d

Tbh guys, work experience is supposed to be used to see what a job your interested in pursuing is like. If you want to go into medicine, do something in the medical field. If you want to go into computers go for that field, etc. Working in KFCs or you're local Spar isn't much experience when you can just apply for a part time position there anyways.

onlinenerd

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Lyk if yhuu cri3d

Tbh guys, work experience is supposed to be used to see what a job your interested in pursuing is like. If you want to go into medicine, do something in the medical field. If you want to go into computers go for that field, etc. Working in KFCs or you're local Spar isn't much experience when you can just apply for a part time position there anyways.

Bazinga, i wouldnt have done it anyways because Iam pursuing a career in medicine and I got a job in a lab along with a close friend of mine. :cool:

DublinArnie

I have a friend whos mother is good friends with a Psychological Therapist ... she said she will see if she can hook me up with the Therapist for work experince . I'm really excited ... like a dream come true as i'm planning to do Psychology in university but maybe not the therapy field .