Work Experience - What's in it for me?
The benefits of doing work experience
Work experience is a fantastic opportunity to show what you are capable of doing in a work situation, it looks good on your CV and is valued by employers.
Taking part in work experience can support you to:
- Develop your self-confidence and skills
- Build experience for your CV
- Build your network and help you make contacts in the industry
- Experience a working environment
- Help decide which career path is right for you.
It can be the first step on your career journey and help you make choices about courses and future jobs - and it is a great way to develop useful skills.
Build skills through work experience
Whatever work experience placement you do it will provide a great opportunity for you to develop the skills that are needed in the world of work, you will get the opportunity to meet and interact with new people, and to learn about and adapt to being in a workplace setting.
You can record the activities you've taken part in and the skills you've developed through your work experience on your Skills Profile to use when you apply for courses or jobs in the future. You can also track your skills development using the Skills Builder Universal Framework.
To start planning your work experience look at:
What is work experience - which includes the different types