Work Experience (1 Viewer)

Gigacube

Active Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2010
Messages
1,333
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2012
Local council. There's quite a few departments to choose to do work experience in so it's a good opportunity if there's something in particular that you're interested in.

There's also the zoo but one person per school can do work experience there.

If there's a specific career area that you're interested in you should try and find work experience there because it can help you decide what subjects to take for next year.
 

starryblue

Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2011
Messages
256
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2013
Local council. There's quite a few departments to choose to do work experience in so it's a good opportunity if there's something in particular that you're interested in.

There's also the zoo but one person per school can do work experience there.

If there's a specific career area that you're interested in you should try and find work experience there because it can help you decide what subjects to take for next year.
right, thanks. unfortunately i'm not interested in any specific career area but i do know what subjects i'm doing next year =D
 

Gigacube

Active Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2010
Messages
1,333
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2012
right, thanks. unfortunately i'm not interested in any specific career area but i do know what subjects i'm doing next year =D
I thought that too before work experience but I changed a few subjects. What subjects are you planning to do?

Don't leave looking for work experience until the last minute. You don't want to be looking after little kids.
 

Jaymay

Member
Joined
Mar 21, 2010
Messages
96
Gender
Male
HSC
2011
I went to an amazing architecture firm. Do something your interested in, and theres nothing to fear in aiming high in the field. I was accepted by guys that have designed stuff world wide, i was amazed when they said yes.

Good luck
 

starryblue

Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2011
Messages
256
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2013
I thought that too before work experience but I changed a few subjects. What subjects are you planning to do?

Don't leave looking for work experience until the last minute. You don't want to be looking after little kids.
umm...i'm planning to do maths extension 1, english, biology, chemistry, japanese and i think beginners french. actually i'm not really sure about french...i need one more unit...
 

starryblue

Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2011
Messages
256
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2013
I went to an amazing architecture firm. Do something your interested in, and theres nothing to fear in aiming high in the field. I was accepted by guys that have designed stuff world wide, i was amazed when they said yes.

Good luck
hey that's cool, i was thinking of an architecture firm too but i'm really not sure...
 

Gigacube

Active Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2010
Messages
1,333
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2012
umm...i'm planning to do maths extension 1, english, biology, chemistry, japanese and i think beginners french. actually i'm not really sure about french...i need one more unit...
I haven't heard of anyone doing 2 language subjects before. You might want to think about that as it may get confusing. How about business, legal, geo, history?
 

starryblue

Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2011
Messages
256
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2013
I haven't heard of anyone doing 2 language subjects before. You might want to think about that as it may get confusing. How about business, legal, geo, history?
ahh....that's the problem! i'm not interested in anything commerce related or geo/history...originally i was planning to do design and technology but then apparently you get a lot of assignments next yr so i gave up on that!
 

Gigacube

Active Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2010
Messages
1,333
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2012
ahh....that's the problem! i'm not interested in anything commerce related or geo/history...originally i was planning to do design and technology but then apparently you get a lot of assignments next yr so i gave up on that!
Don't choose not to do a subject because of that or scaling. Are you interested in computing? There's also VET courses delivered once a week at TAFE. You usually get Cert II qualifications and it goes towards your ATAR. Here's a list of what you can choose from: https://www.tafensw.edu.au/howex/servlet/Course?Command=GetTvetCourses
Your school may also deliver these VET courses depending on how many people are interested in them.
 

starryblue

Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2011
Messages
256
Location
Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2013
I went to an amazing architecture firm. Do something your interested in, and theres nothing to fear in aiming high in the field. I was accepted by guys that have designed stuff world wide, i was amazed when they said yes.

Good luck
oh btw, do you remember what the architecture firm is called?
 

b33g_boss

Member
Joined
Jan 30, 2011
Messages
178
Gender
Male
HSC
2012
arggg.

worst 1 week of my life.

maybe you'll have a different exp. (well that's the purpose isn't it lol.)

i worked with my uncle (lol. not allowed i think) in his 'propeller shaft services' factory where it was pree hard labour of repairing stuff etc.

some machines there however was fun lol.
 

Emily_689

New Member
Joined
Mar 7, 2011
Messages
2
Gender
Female
HSC
2011
I do design and technology and you get the same amount of assignments as you do in english and the exams aren't too bad in the hsc the exam is only 1hr 30min compared to 3hr ones.
 

4025808

Well-Known Member
Joined
Apr 2, 2009
Messages
4,377
Location
中國農村稻農
Gender
Male
HSC
2011
Uni Grad
2017
Went to Myer at Chatswood, worked at menswear :p

I wonder if I could go back to Myer to work after HSC though...
 

glache

Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2011
Messages
98
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
Went to Myer at Chatswood, worked at menswear :p

I wonder if I could go back to Myer to work after HSC though...
Not sure if you've heard of the series Are You Being Served?, but if you have....when I read the word "menswear" I suddenly imagined Mr Humphries saying it the way only he can. But yeah, re: your question, they should have Xmas casuals? And you're advantaged because they know who you are already.
 

4025808

Well-Known Member
Joined
Apr 2, 2009
Messages
4,377
Location
中國農村稻農
Gender
Male
HSC
2011
Uni Grad
2017
Not sure if you've heard of the series Are You Being Served?, but if you have....when I read the word "menswear" I suddenly imagined Mr Humphries saying it the way only he can. But yeah, re: your question, they should have Xmas casuals? And you're advantaged because they know who you are already.
But what if you kinda forgot how the system works and all that, would they still retrain me? :O or would they still make me work from day 1?
 
Last edited:

Fred93

New Member
Joined
Mar 17, 2011
Messages
12
Gender
Male
HSC
2011
Think of some family members who work for big companies/ask them if they have friends at any big companies.
It got me into a International law firm (Baker & McKenzie)....but above all do something that your interested in learning more about..
Good luck!
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top