Finding Work Experience
There are lots of places you can look for work experience. Here are some ideas for places to look with links to specific opportunities and placements at the bottom of the page.
Friends and family often provide the best work experience as they will be willing to put the time into making sure you really understand what is happening and are benefitting from the experience. They are also likely to be able to offer access that you cannot get through more "official" channels.
National work experience schemes also exist and it is worth searching on the internet for opportunities in industries that interest you. Any that the Careers Department are aware of will be added to the events page, or linked below. Most of these are free, but with competitive applications.
Monkton Connect has a large list of alumni and parents who have volunteered to offer you work experience or just to answer your questions about their career and experience. Sixth Form may sign up to Monkton Connect and may ask parents to contact potential mentors on their behalf. Remember that they are giving up their time to help you so be polite, punctual and organised.
Local businesses will often be happy to offer work experience. Never underestimate the power of a polite and interested letter but remember that you may have to approach a significant number of firms and that you will need to do so months rather than days ahead of when you hope the placement to start.
Temping agencies such as Reed Global and Indeed are good sources of temporary or part time work. There are also many local recruiting firms.
Paid work experience is offered by a number of firms. Monkton is beginning a partnership with InvestIn which will offer a discount and access to bursaries for the courses which they run. While often very valuable, courses from paid work experience providers can be expensive so be sure you know what you are getting for your money and, if the courses are being run abroad, check they are run to British/European standards.
Please note that all the opportunities below are from reputable companies or OMs but they have not been vetted by Monkton. You and your parents must be satisfied that they are safe and appropriate. If you want more info on how to go about this, check out this link or speak to the careers department.
Online Work Experience
In person work experience is fantastic for really getting to know a company or testing your interpersonal skills, but don't dismiss online work experience for getting an overview of an industry or developing your understanding of key skills.
SpringPod has a mixture of live and self paced courses designed and assessed by employers. You can log in and access their free courses immediately but to access the full content you must add your school account code. Instructions for doing this can be found here, and the school account code can be found here.
One week work experience placements in banking with Santander
PWC Insights week. See what it is like to work at a business services company and build transferable skills.
Short journalism and editorial work experience with a leading newspaper.
A hands on work experience placement in the nuclear industry, offered by the National Nuclear Laboratory
One week work experience with a major financial services company.
SpringPod offer a huge range of online work experience opportunities from law and finance to engineering and healthcare.
InvestIn offer a variety of paid-for, hands-on work experience.
One week work experience placements with a leading law firm for those 16 years and older.
Paid work experience working in one of a variety of areas of EY's business from tax and assurance to strategy and transactions.
Brighton and Sussex Medical School work experience
Apply to be part of the Old Vic takeover and see what it takes to put on a production
Work experience looking at all areas available within a theater from tech to stage to front of house
Apply for an engineering taster week with one of the UK's biggest defence contractors
Holiday internships for school and university students.
Four week summer internship in financial services.
Not work experience, but great courses to get your CV noticed - Digital marketing, customer engagement, building your own business.
Work experience and paid internships in STEM careers