How Was Your Day? Numero Four-o

[Katy]

Thanks everyone, its such a relief! and i enjoyed the concert, it was a local man diong a gig in Manchester but it was really good.

Off to work, same as yesterday and the day before!

[Perdita]

And Perdita, my interview is August 4th at 12pm.. so I have some time to prepare myself for it.. I jsut never know what to... prepare haha. So any tips would be a great help Thanks. (

Well, what is the job you are applying for? It could help if you were to introduce yourself to the manager before the interview and ask specific questions about the job, what it entails and ask if you can have a look around the workplace and perhaps have a chat to the person who is doing the job at the moment, if there is somebody. That way you can show that you are really interested in the job and you can get a feel for who you will be working for and/or with, you will know the location (believe me, lots of people have turned up late for interviews because they did not know where to go!). I would also advise to dress smartly even if the job will not require you to do so later. Also try to find out as much as you can (internet is great) about the company history, how long they have been in the area etc. and mention these points at the interview, if you can. Again, it shows that you bothered to find out a bit more than perhaps the other applicants. And get to the interview on time, smile a lot and keep eye contact during the interview.
Good luck, I will be thinking of you, even though I shall be lying on the beach in Spain.

[Kirsty :]]

Thank you so much ..and I shall be very jealous of you Perdita as you will be in Spain! But I hope you ahve a nice time!

The job is for Vue Cinema as a Guest assistant.. so I will be on ticket booth, confectionary and showing people to seats and that. The interview is in our job centre in town because Vue Cinema will be in the multiplex thing which won't be ready until September/October.. so no-one I know actually works there but there should be alot of jobs going.

I've been on their website already to do the application form and had a little read about, I'll go back on there and read it all properly though.
And sorry.. another questiopn (I will shut up soon, I promise!) Is it a bad thing when they ask you if you have any questions to ask about the pay? And discount? I never know what to ask lol!

Day 4 work experience= tiring. All I did today was clean! I had to put ALL the lego into the sandbox of water and wash it all and put it back.. along with other toys then it was taking displays down and oooh it's been non stop! Haha
There was a supply teacher in today though and she was young. She asked me if it was what I wanted to do and all and so I wa slike well yeah but I don't want to go far and I've looked on the internet and can't find a Uni that's close enough. Luckily the supply teacher informed me that Caerleon Uni does a teaching course...which she has jsut finished so I am definately going to try there! It's only about a half hour drive so I could still live at home if I wasn't ready to stay away

[Kim]

We had to get pictures standing against a wall undercover before the prom, as the rain went off a bit when I left to go to the place where we were meeting the limo, but got harder before I got there. The driver let us take pictures with the limo when we got back after the prom though as it had stopped raining then so that was good. One of the people I went in it with got cut off in one of them though, and in the other one is looking away. They're not bad pictures though and we're sending our pictures to each other so hopefully I'll get an even better one at some point; my friend's dad took loads.

Today, haven't done much. Woke up really early after an unpleasant dream about what my results were...well not entirely but the D and 3E's was enough to wake me up lol! Wouldn't mind the 2A*'s out of that dream though. Got a letter to say the county council are subsidising a bus pass for me next year after all.. it doesn't cost any more to send me to my school than the designated one. I just hope it isn't more expensive to send me there next year as they don't guarantee they'll give me one for Year 13... really don't want to have to pay almost £1000 out in bus fares in Year 13 as I'll be wanting to save up for uni particularly in that year.

[Perdita]

Thank you so much ..and I shall be very jealous of you Perdita as you will be in Spain! But I hope you ahve a nice time!

The job is for Vue Cinema as a Guest assistant.. so I will be on ticket booth, confectionary and showing people to seats and that. The interview is in our job centre in town because Vue Cinema will be in the multiplex thing which won't be ready until September/October.. so no-one I know actually works there but there should be alot of jobs going.

I've been on their website already to do the application form and had a little read about, I'll go back on there and read it all properly though.
And sorry.. another questiopn (I will shut up soon, I promise!) Is it a bad thing when they ask you if you have any questions to ask about the pay? And discount? I never know what to ask lol!

Yes, you should ask about pay, if you would get discount, ask about the hours they ecpect you to put in if they don't explain anything beforehand. Also good to ask about is training, will they let you attend training courses and pay for them, such as first aid etc. How much holiday would you get and is there any chance of promotion! Not so good to ask about is the sickness scheme but ask about pension schemes. If I can think of anything else, I shall get back to this thread.

[Kim]

In PSHEE once we were told that we should find out about the firm, so that we know about it when we arrive for any interviews. That way you can drop bits that you know about the firm into your answers, and it will help to show that you're really interested in working for them in particular and not just any job that you can get.

[DaVeyWaVey]

I spent most of the day at the hospital today. I had to go for X rays on my face. One side of my face is bigger than the other and they wanted to see what has caused it... they did the X ray and you could see that one side of my face - the bone was sticking out slightly more on side than the other bone on the other side... compliment of the day they said it was a "weird case" and I have a bigger mouth than what is usual ... I had to bite into this wax so they could see how my jaw functions when I eat something.

Now, I have to see the surgeon as they want to investigate why my face is like this and they fear that my one side may grow out and become bigger than the other side and if so, I may need surgery...but it could just stay as it is now with one side being slightly bigger - the surgeon will basically just give me a scan of my jaw, then offer his expert opinion and advice.

[Chloe O'brien]

crickey Dave poor you. hope you don't have to have an operation. Do they know what has caused it?

[Perdita]

Aww, Davey, hope you don't need surgery and that the surgeon can tell you what it is. Best wishes xx

[Kirsty :]]

Awww I've finished work experience!
I had an amazing time to be fair and I now know that teaching is definately the path I want to take
Today was fun! We had a little hindu party after dinner which basically turned into a normal party haha and then we watched Monster's Inc.
I'm soo going to miss being over there!
I had a box of chocolates and a little thankyou card too.. then I couldn't get the kids off me lol. Bless them!!

Driving later. I can't even drive properly and I stress and panic too much lol