Job & Work Experience Tips

Psychologist

Manufacturing – use this site to contact employers

Only limited work experience opportunities for 16/17 yr olds but worth a try. Also try the other TV stations such as ITV, Yorkshire, etc.

This is a link to the advice undergraduates are given for finding work experience. Some may not be relevant to you but you may find some useful websites

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This is a link to GRAND FUTURES info on work experience in the ARTS

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Look for job vacancies in Leeds in the job sector you want Work Experience – then contact the company and ASK if you can go there

You will have to scroll down to find suitable opportunitiesBe prepared to put your self out – you may have to travel a bit further than you want to, you may have to get up earlier and stay longer. 

YOU NEED THIS WORK EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL – you will need to research which department you want for work experience BEFORE you apply. You will need this  Placement Request form LCC

Lots of departments – lots of work experience

Use this business directory to find possible companies for your work experience.

 Tip: search for a product or service in Leeds. Go to the company website for contact details and send an email asking for work experience – state what sort of work experience/ which department

Try this link for YELL to see companies in Headingley

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Try this for Crossgates

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Try this – you may be surprised what you find

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For this one you will have to do some work – contact Channel 4 by email asap and ask about work experience in Leeds

If you want work experience in a government department you will find it difficult to find a contact number. You will have to visit  7 & 8 Wellington Place, Leeds as the location of the Government Hub in Leeds. 

Take your CV and letter with you.

Interested in management / hospitality, etc

Surveying has lots of different roles. Well paid – interested in Maths, Geography, DT, etc

Read more about different jobs

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Can you get to ROTHERHAM for 1 week? If you a work experience placement at ROLLS ROYCE could be for you.

If you are interested in computers/ICT then approach large companies. banks, Leeds City Council and schools

Click on the logo for a list of Leeds Schools

Travel & Tourism

Contact direct and ASK for work experience.

Use this site to generate ideas for jobs and the companies you can approach for work experience.

Student Ladder advertise work experience opportunities.

Some may be around Leeds but many are in the south.

This is a useful site for other student info

You should apply very early to this opportunity in TV 

Use this link to BT for possible work experience. They usually offer 3 weeks placement. Ask about 1 week – and offer 2 extra weeks in your own time.

Summer placements for BIOLOGY

(note I have not had time to check if this info is current)

INTOBIOLOGY 

This next one is a very old list of places to try for Biology/Science but the suggestions are still valid

More LEGAL work experience

You can find a list of local engineering companies on this website

Media includes TV, Radio, Social Media and Print

Try this link for a list of companies to try for work experience

City Varieties Theatre

National Trust

studying languages try

scroll to the bottom for the contact details

Accountancy etc.

Digital

Medicine can be one of the hardest sectors to get work experience. Try these suggestions

Read this blog for medical work experience

This site gives you an insight into the work experience each medical school is looking for

Guidance from the Medical Schools Council

Hospice Volunteering
Hospices provide care for patients who are terminally ill. Many hospices rely heavily on volunteers to help with their work. This might involve helping with meal times, patient transport or day trips.
Health Care Assistant
There are also several paid jobs that you can do that don’t require much prior training or experience. For example, you can work as a health care assistant (HCA), support worker, phlebotomist or hospital porter, all of which will give you excellent experience working with patients. Getting this type of job is particularly useful if you are taking a gap year (and you don’t want to go abroad) or if you are going into medicine as a mature student. You can also work part time in many of these jobs. To get this type of work, look in the local paper, contact your local hospital, look for local nursing agencies or try the NHS jobs site.
Caring For Elderly
Caring for the elderly is also excellent experience for would-be doctors. This can often be challenging, as you may need to deal with patients with dementia, hearing loss and physical disability. The best way to search for this type of voluntary work is to look for your local nursing home or rest home and write to them, explaining why you would like to volunteer. Try the yellow pages website as a starting point
Counselling
There are lots of opportunities to work with organisations providing telephone counselling and support. Examples include Childline, who help children in distress, The Samaritans who offer support to adults in crisis and Saneline, who offer advice and counselling to people affected by mental illness.
Working With Children
Working with children is another way to gain relevant experience for medical school. Learning how to communicate with kids is really useful, particularly if you are interested in being a GP or paediatrician. There are a number of ways to get involved; Barnados play schemes, Over the Wall and Camp activity all run activity weeks for kids with serious illness. Working or volunteering with children and vulnerable adults in the UK is likely to involve you undergoing some form of personal screening.
Also try The Red Cross and St John’s Ambulance as well as local charity shops or youth centres. If you can obtain work over a consistent period of time (e.g. one afternoon for 6 months), this looks better than a week done in the holidays. This demonstrates commitment, interest and effort. Any type of volunteering will be beneficial. Participatory work experience (i.e. hands on rather than just observing) is the most valuable.
Here is a selection of volunteering sites that may help you: