10 The work-related learning guide
Mock interviews
Simulated interviews by people who interview candidates as part of their job.
This aims to inject reality into job or placement searches.
Practical experience
Short job-specifi c tasks and other hands-on experiences which provide
opportunities for students to practise what they have learned in the
classroom, e.g. drafting a guide or interpreting a set of fi nancial accounts and
preparing a report.
Projects/challenges
Students, individually or in teams, working on analysing and/or solving
business-related problems. Work experience can often be used to provide
useful evidence for these projects, for example within Diplomas.
Work tasters
Taster sessions providing insights into the world of work, usually in sector or
industry-based workshops.
Work simulations or role
plays (sometimes known as
`industry days')
Teams of students taking part in business games and work simulations
to resolve business-related problems, and using role playing, teamwork,
decision-making and problem-solving skills.
Work experience
A placement with an employer in which a young person carries out a
range of tasks in much the same way as an employee, with the emphasis
on learning from the experience. Work experience provides opportunities
for learning about the skills, behaviours, careers, roles and structures that
exist within a workplace or organisation. Many schools off er this as part
of the statutory work-related learning requirement at KS4. Each learner
undertaking a 1419 Diploma at any level must complete a minimum of
10 days' work experience.
Work shadowing
Learners observing staff in real working environments and talking to staff to
fi nd out more about organisations.
Workshops
Employers lecturing and/or leading discussions with students on
school, college or employer premises about the realities of work, and the
employment and training environment.
Summary :
Work simulations or role plays (sometimes known as `industry days') Teams of students taking part in business games and work simulations to resolve business-related problems, and using role playing, teamwork, decision-making and problem-solving skills. Work shadowing Learners observing staff in real working environments and talking to staff to fi nd out more about organisations.
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