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Work Experience for Leicester and Leicestershire

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If you are about to undertake a work experience placement please see below for some useful resources to help you through this process and please take time to view our case studies which will give a valuable insight into what to expect. After you have completed your placement please take the time to complete the on-line survey to give us your thoughts about your recent work experience placement.

students

Depending on your school or college you may be placed on work experience for 1 or 2 weeks, in some cases you may be placed for 1 or 2 days per week for a longer period of time. For most of you this will be your first experience of a working environment and many situations will be new and strange to you. It is crucial to your development that this first experience of work is a positive learning situation.The outcomes of work experience can be many and varied but we would expect all in placements you will develop social skills and work specific skills.

Students' Briefing Pack

Please click below for the WEXA Work Experience Briefing Pack for students to work through prior to undertaking their placements.

This pack contains interactive worksheets for students to work through to prepare themselves for interviews, travelling to placements, Health & Safety, PLTS and many other issues and situations that could arise whilst on work experience.

Work Experience Briefing

Student Survey

The WEXA on-line student survey incorporates the questions contained in the National Work Experience Student Survey. Schools and Colleges using WEXA's work experience services can submit their student's responses which will then be collated, analysed and formatted. The results will be sent back into schools in a user friendly report.

Please click here to access the Student work experience on-line survey

how to improve work experience

Below you will find a document that you can download and fill in to reflect on your recent placement. Once you have completed this form please return it via your school to the WEXA office.

How to Improve Work Experience

Case studies

Please click below to view case studies by students who have recently undertaken their work experience placements.

Case studies

work experience projects

Below are a series of projects designed for students to undertake whilst on your work placements. These are designed for students working at GCSE level.

Health and Safety - For help in the completion of this project please use your employer induction check list which you will find in your WEXA Employers Pack or alternatively download here
First Day at Work	Company Profile
Interviews at Work	Equal Opportunities