057: How do I find work experience? (10 top tips!)

How do I find a work experience placement?
How do I secure work experience in Year 10? Year 12?
How about work experience placements and internships at university?

Surveys around this topic typically show two thirds of employers "look for graduates with relevant work experience because it helps them prepare for work and develop general business awareness. "

In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, Gina Visram discusses 10 ways you can find work experience. 

This is not an exhaustive list of what you can do, but is a great place to start. Don't use the excuse that you can't do all therefore you are not making progress. .. start somewhere... and keep going from there.

The 10 ways include:

1. Decide you are going to!
2. Be open with your areas of interest
3. Be open to virtual and in person work experiences

... and so much more.

 This episode does not specifically refer to internships and placements for university students (that will be in a future episode - and there are some nuggets of information in previous episodes too) however many of the recommendations apply, so it's worth a listen.

Finding this episode useful? 

1. Share it with a friend (and you can be accountability buddies and support each other with the work experience search too!) 
2. Take 2 or 3 minutes to leave a review for the podcast here 

As ever, do connect with Gina on her socials and feedback about how you progressed. 

Let's have a further chat about this on any of these platforms:

• Follow Your Career And Future on Instagram and TikTok
• Sign up for the mailing list (being consistent with this is one of my goals for 2022!) 
• E-mail me on [email protected] with any questions you have or suggestions for future podcast topics 

Do feel free to engage with this topic (or indeed with me) at any of the below:

• The Dive Into Your Career podcast page of the Your Career And Future website where you can also leave me a message suggesting a careers-related topic for a future episode
• Follow Your Career And Future on Instagram and TikTok
• Via "Gina Visram" on LinkedIn (where they may be a post with a link to this episode where you can contribute some wisdom / reflections)
• Sign up for the mailing list (for students and graduates... a list for their supporters will follow)
• E-mail me on [email protected] with any queries

Also - are you a job seeker early in your career?
Download the checklist: 25 UNMISSABLE TIPS TO SKYROCKET YOUR JOB APPLICATION SUCCESS RATE

You've got this!