Work Experience

[Teh Krypt]

Ok first let me say, tempting as it is please try to not spam this thread with pirate talk as I want some serious info...

Im starting work experience in a few days, it will be at a computer repair shop..

Most of you people are older then me and lots will have done work experience, could you give tips ect?

 

[Me²]

Don't forget to put your pants on and if you get a name badge, tell them your name is something nifty like Geptome Flaptrap.

 

[Meatballs]

err, go for tea breaks whenever you can.

 

[Krazeh]

Yarr, helpful as ever there ya scury dog

 

[Tom]

Don't be taken advantage of (like being asked to help the boss move house, etc). If you feel undervalued at any time, make it known, and get it sorted. People very rarely give bad references.

 

[Clowneh!]

Work as good as you can and hope they will ask you to carry on

 

[~Mobius~]

Just act mature, make them laugh...make it look as though you are comfortable there. Try and fit in, otherwise you will look weird.
And they pretty much never give bad feedback.

 

[]SK[]

I found a way of cheating the coffee machine in giving me endless cups of hot chocolate for the price of one at my work experiance. Longest two weeks of my life, so boring. Got £50 for it and I was like WOW!!!!!!!!

 

[Damini]

Don't get drunk and left in charge of a follow spot.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Don't get work experience anything computer related or pet shops.

Oh

 

[Teh Krypt]

 

[~Mobius~]

I did work experience at my old school, and my teacher who really liked me just gave me her digital camera and pc and said have fun on there for 2 weeks. Then wrote a cracking report about how good I was with children.

 

[evilmonkeh]

dont drink the beefy drink.
i made that mistake twice...
bring in donuts and announce it
that way you have them all on your side
theif where possible
i managed to leave my 2 weeks with a £2,000 probe....

 

[Any]

Just a few of the techniques ive employed over the last couple of years.

Always carry a couple of peices of paper with technical looking stuff on.

If you get caught talking to the receptionist/secretary/any nice lady and someone asks how long youve been there never say more than 5 mins. Even if its been 3 hours.

You are power napping, not falling asleep on the job. It helps improve productivity.

By law you are allowed a 50 min break from your computer after every 10 min of usage. Say this with confidence. I mean you dont want to get DVT from sitting down all the time.

If you are fixing computers then allways have a pc with the case off on your desk and a screwdriver close to hand.

Alt + F4 closes windows. For when you dont have time to get to the mouse.

If you have a choice of toilets allways go to the furthest one. It takes longer and youve more chance of finding someone to talk to on the way.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Originally posted by Any
If you get caught talking to the receptionist/secretary/any nice lady and someone asks how long youve been there never say more than 5 mins. Even if its been 3 hours.

He is an ugly bast anyway so no hope of that

Originally posted by Any
By law you are allowed a 50 min break from your computer after every 10 min of usage. Say this with confidence. I mean you dont want to get DVT from sitting down all the time.

What do you think he does all day anyway?

 

[Teh Krypt]

Well its only a little store thats sells computers, they dont even have a receptionist

 

[evilmonkeh]

Originally posted by Teh Krypt
Well its only a little store thats sells computers, they dont even have a receptionist

ah you will allways been seen then
i went to a big place with other a thousand employees

 

[old.Fweddy]

Originally posted by evilmonkeh
i managed to leave my 2 weeks with a £2,000 probe....

Anal Probing? That must've been a pretty nasty place to go for work experience.

 

[Cdr]

I have a tip - try acting like you do on this forum, see how far you get then.

 

[Teh Krypt]

Now should I whine about cdr spaming about not being a pirate? For god sake, if you don't like it then don't comment on it just ignore us.

 

[Cdr]

buh? If I dont like it I dont comment?

You asked for tips - I gave you one.

If you dont like my advice, you dont have to follow it.

 

[Teh Krypt]

Originally posted by Cdr
buh? If I dont like it I dont comment?

You asked for tips - I gave you one.

If you dont like my advice, you dont have to follow it.

Oh come on don't act all inocent.

 

[The-Don]

work? whats this malarky all about then?

 

[Teh Krypt]

*Twaks The-Don *

Hmm well, I always want to be seen doing something but I don't want to be naging them every 5 mins saying 'Whats next' ect...

 

[Cdr]

If you dont want to be nagging them asking whats next the solution is simple - take a long time over what they set you. I believe its a work ethic thats practiced up and down the length of the country.

 

[Testin da Cable]

that's why GB is failing

 

[Slug]

Yeah i did my work experiance ages ago.

I did mine in a warehouse, hard hard work. mostr peoples was a bit of a doss

 

[SilverHood]

I did mine in the center of London....

surf the web week, and then install windows on the new PC's coming in

free drinks too (7UP, pepsi, hot chocolate, whatever there was in the machines around the building)

just try to have fun, and whatever you do, don't sit and look bored... ask for something exciting to do

 

[old.ignus]

I did mine at butlin's admin dept, boring as fuck.

Be wary of anyone asking you to get something you've never heard of, such as long stands/weights, left handed screwdrivers, rainbow paint etc we've all done it...............haven't we?

 

[old.Fweddy]

Someone once told me to go get some rainbow paint. I took the money out the till, went and bought some food, spent a couple of hours at a mate's house then went back and said I'd been all over town and couldn't find any anywhere.

The fools thought I was the stupid one...