IEC Work Experience 2014
Nineteen students in SBC participated in a week of work experience in August this year. These students have been in Australia for less than a year, so as well as improving their speaking and comprehension skills, they were able to see what life was like in an Australian workplace. Students now realise the difficulties and rewards of caring and teaching children. Many SBC students speak ‘retail' for example: filling, recovery, scanning, spruiking and facing up shelves!
To prepare SBC for work experience, students learnt how to: write resumes, find and apply for jobs by writing a cover letter, present a resume folder and participate in interviews both in person and over the phone with their employers.
Students worked in:
- a childcare centre
- a primary school
- Coles
- Target
- Woolworths
- Best and Less
- Trade Secret
- Yogurberry
