Job placement exercises

Today we were due to do the following:

Activity # 1

Identify specific possible places for you to do your work experience placement.

Activity # 2

Draft an email / letter of introduction to possible places for you to do your work experience placement.

Activity # 2 is written in your words.  It is in addition to the official letter from TAFE that I will provide to introduce you as well.

Unfortunately, I am unwell today and cannot attend class.  But you can make a start on this yourself, and then we can talk about this on Friday.

To make a start, just do the following:

Step # 1

Think back to our recent discussion about what your preferences for possible work experience placements are.

Your choices were based on:

• Your interests in type of work
• Your geographical preferences

Now I’d like you to apply these choices in looking at the following sources of information:

• Yellow Pages Australia

• White Pages Australia

• Community directories for

• Auburn
• Holroyd (Merrylands / Wentworthville area)
• Parramatta

Using these sources, see if you can locate 3 possible places for work experience.

Step # 2

Now have a go at drafting a letter / email of introduction.

The purpose of this is to introduce yourself to a possible place for work experience.

In this email / letter, you should write:

• your name

• the name of your TAFE course, and the fact that you are a student in this course

• the  fact that you are looking for a 1-week (minimum 20 hours) work placement

• why you think that you would be useful to the business / service you have chosen

• mention that you are going to attach your CV to the email / letter.  (This is the CV we have been working on over the last few weeks.)

Please do not send these emails / letters yet.  We will check them on Friday before sending them with the official TAFE letters.

Cheers!  See you Friday.

John