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Hi, my name's Alice and I'm a first year graduate within BT
Security
and today I'm going to be talking to you about how to
prepare for work experience
and what to wear. So how to prepare, you may have already
done this when you applied but just to reiterate, research
the
company. So that begins with their website.
if they have one. Look at their goals, look at their
objectives, look at their achievements.
Lots of companies have these on their website. And then
next, just generally search them online,
look for news articles, see what's been happening with
their company within the last year. And the
last thing that I like to look at is investment sites and
things like the FTSE 100 because these
often have links to news articles and research papers about
the company, just saying what they've
and what's been happening and maybe why they've had these
trends in the market.
And that gives you a really good overview for what's been
happening.
And it will give you a great first impression because if
you go into your work experience
and you ask them these questions, which they are not
expecting you to know,
then they will be really impressed because it is work
experience.
They're not expecting you to know everything.
You know, you are there to learn and gain experience within
the workplace,
what it's like. So relax.
try not to be anxious, I know that's easy for me to say,
but just having this knowledge and
appreciation of the company is going to show that you're
confident, that you're eager and it's just
going to really give you that great first impression that
you want to have because lots of people do
get callbacks from work experience or if you're going to
apply for a scheme such as a placement
apprenticeship, a graduate scheme later on, they're going
to remember you for that person that took an
interest within that company. And that's just...
a really great position to be in. So next would be what to
wear and you may find
this a bit silly but I think being overdressed on that
first day is best.
Wear that suit, wear that dress and blazer, wear those
trousers, top and
blazers. Look just really really smart and yes you may be
overdressed but that
is definitely better than being underdressed and you're
gonna give this
amazing first impression which when you want to be giving
because you know all
this information you want to show it off and you want them
to remember you and
you want them to remember you for the right reasons and yes
later on in the
week or the time that you're there it may come across that
you don't have to
dress as smart but then that's fine you can tone it down as
you see fit as
you go through the week and just a point on a casual Friday
or a dress down day
definitely get involved again it shows your eagerness and
and your involvement and your willingness to get along
and that confidence that you want to put across.
But just have a think about what you're going to wear.
So maybe don't wear jeans with holes in them, for example,
just silly little things like that.
But you know what's appropriate for a casual dress,
but just bear that in mind.
But my last, last thing would be to believe in yourself.
You got yourself this opportunity.
done amazingly well so far so be confident.
and just believe in yourself. You got yourself here, they
saw something in you so just let that
shine. So if that's wearing your favourite colour as a
shirt, do it. There's nothing wrong with that
and you're going to be showing yourself off and giving that
great first impression while being
true to yourself so that's also a really great thing. So
thank you for listening, I hope this has helped.
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