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Topic: Work experience


  
  Snohomish County Workforce Development Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Work experiences may be in the public sector, the private non-profit sector, or the private for profit sector.
Work experiences are to be designed to promote the development of good work habits and basic work skills for youth who have never worked, have very limited exposure to the world of work, or who have been out of the labor force for an extended period of time.
Work experiences shall be accompanied, either concurrently or sequentially, by other services designed to increase the basic education and/or occupational skills of the participant, as documented in the Individual Service Strategy.
www.worksourceonline.com /w/DraftAWorkExp.html   (721 words)

  
 Work experience - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Work experience is the experience that a person has working, or working in a specific field or occupation.
Work experience is offered on the national curriculum for students in Year 10 in the United Kingdom (4th year in Scotland) and Australia.
Recent regulations restricted the availability of locations as students are not prohibited from working at a company outside the conurbation of the city or abroad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Work_experience   (445 words)

  
 Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. - Work Experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This process includes presenting and reviewing the recommendations with the client, working with the client to ensure that the plan meets his or her goals and expectations, and revising the recommendations as necessary.
Pro-bono experience is accepted as long as (1) there is a client, and (2) you are acting as a financial planning professional who is capable and qualified to offer objective, integrated and comprehensive financial advice to, or for the benefit of, individuals to help them achieve their financial objectives using the financial planning process.
Experience may be gained up to 10 years before or up to five years after the exam date.
www.cfp.net /become/work.asp   (1493 words)

  
 Work Experience
Because companies increasingly want to hire people who have an MBA and work experience, the people typically admitted to graduate business schools are older and have more significant leadership experience than those admitted in the past.
If the quality of your experience is good, the quantity of it (in years and types) may not be as important.
Therefore, unless you also have full-time work experience, you may not be viewed as favorably as a candidate with similar academic credentials and more full-time work experience.
mba.com /mba/ApplyEffectively/CraftYourApplication/WorkExperience.htm   (637 words)

  
 MDE - Vocational Work Experience Standards
Two years of work experience in the occupational area of the endorsement or completion of a planned equivalent program of directed supervised occupational experience approved by the department of education.
The occupational experience shall be characterized by its relevancy and recency.
All work experience must be in the specific occupational area of the endorsement.  K-12 teaching experience cannot be counted.
www.michigan.gov /mde/0,1607,7-140-5234_5683_6368-122634--,00.html   (1245 words)

  
 Work College Consortium
The importance of work in the lives of students and the need to enhance and integrate that experience on college campuses is greater than ever.
Whether or not work contributes to the advancement of a particular major, it has significance as a context for development of character, understanding, and of critical thinking skills, essential factors in building better communities.
It is primarily in the contexts of work and family that students integrate academic understanding with out of class experience.
www.workcolleges.org /intro.htm   (691 words)

  
 Can Work Experience Programs Work for Welfare Recipients?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
However, state interest in work experience may rise over the next few years, especially if TANF is reauthorized with a higher set of work requirements on welfare recipients and states than has existed under current law.
The desire to raise work activity in the latter case is motivated not only by the hope that it will improve their future employment prospects, but also by a belief in the work ethic and a desire to impose reciprocal obligations on those receiving public assistance.
In either form, work experience programs lead to higher employment rates, while they are in effect, for those who are either unable or unwilling to find employment on their own.
www.brookings.edu /es/research/projects/wrb/publications/pb/pb24.htm   (2933 words)

  
 Metro | Documented Work Experience
Assessment of Documented Work Experience is the process of organizing and evaluating learning acquired outside of the classroom for the purpose of awarding college credit.
The documentation should include a description of the work experience relevant to each objective and may include descriptions of vendor, service, or in-house training classes that are related.
Work experience credit is not available for any course for which a proficiency exam exists.
www.mccneb.edu /sos/admissionsandrecords/workexperience.asp   (874 words)

  
 Visiting: Work experience program
Work experience is open to secondary school students as part of a continuing commitment to providing work related experiences within a museum environment.
It is advisable that students make additional applications for work experience within other institutions, agencies or businesses should they be unsuccessful in application to the Australian Museum.
If you are interested in working with visitor programs or behind-the-scenes and would like more information go to the Australian Museum Volunteer Program or contact the Volunteer Coordinator (+612) 9320 6223 or Email Isobel Kindley.
www.amonline.net.au /visiting/education/work_experience.htm   (410 words)

  
 Work Experience - Career Technical (CA Dept of Education)
Work Experience Education (WEE) is a course of study which may be established by the governing board of any school district or other specified local education agency (LEA) in accordance with the provisions of the California Education Code Section 51760 et.
The student may be required to perform non-paid work activities while exploring the occupation on a limited, periodic, and sampling basis.
Students may not participate in Exploratory Work Experience programs if pay is received for similar work at the same work station or a similar job during hours when not assigned to the Exploratory Work Experience program.
www.cde.ca.gov /ci/ct/we   (604 words)

  
 Work Experience Placements in India
Most of your work will be to help and assist the local doctors and nurses with their daily rounds, making medical notes and updating records.
The type of work you will be allocated will depend to an extent on your own abilities, but you will get a good general feel of the hospital and will usually have the opportunity to work in and/or observe most departments.
Working hours may vary depending again on what is available at the time of your placement.
www.travellersworldwide.com /05-india/05-india-workexperience.htm   (1776 words)

  
 Let's abolish 'work experience' Spectator, The - Find Articles
Work experience is in effect compulsory -- you can't hope to get a job without it.
For starters, none of the work experience babies are actually useful for very much, as young Theo Walcott discovered during his placement with the England World Cup squad this summer.
Work experience isn't a facsimile of work, but the very opposite of it.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200608/ai_n16634766   (867 words)

  
 BBC - Jobs - Work experience placements - Frequently asked questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The nature of the work we do means that our work environment can change from minute to minute and sometimes our contacts may have a deadline to meet or an increased workload.
Another option is for you to apply for Work Experience at the BBC during school holidays - this means that you can apply when you know the dates are definitely available, and, if you are unsuccessful, you won't miss out on other opportunities during your designated Work Experience week.
In order to comply with Section 8 (Prevention of Illegal Working) of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, effective 27 January 1997, all applicants are asked to produce their passport/travel document at the commencement of their work experience placement to confirm their eligibility.
www.bbc.co.uk /jobs/workexperience/faq.shtml   (1137 words)

  
 Study of School-To-Work Initiatives
Casually placing students in a work environment and leaving them to their own devices will not engender a positive learning experience: the students must be monitored and supported so that they understand the criteria by which their work is assessed and receive continual feedback on their performance.
The purpose of the Patterson Career Center cooperative work experience program is to expand beyond traditional classroom boundaries and provide students with opportunities to put theory into practice and bridge the gap from school to full-time employment.
The goal is to place the student with the same employer for both the junior and senior years, allowing the student to learn how to apply and mold the skills required by the employer in the eleventh grade, with the payback for the employer occurring in the student's senior year, as an experienced, confident worker.
www.ed.gov /pubs/SER/SchoolWork/study7k.html   (2559 words)

  
 Long Beach City College - International Student Program - Work Experience
Students who enroll in the "Work Experience" class in their major field of study may work off-campus, in paid or unpaid internships, for the duration of the semester.
Optional Practical Training (OPT) is another type of Work experience opportunity for F-1 students to appy their knowledge in the classroom to a practical work experience off campus.
Students who successfully complete their program of study may be eligible to engage in full-time work in a paid, off-campus position for up to one year.
intl.lbcc.edu /work.cfm   (584 words)

  
 CFA Charter Guidelines: Work Experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This experience may be accrued while the candidate is in the CFA Program, after the candidate has passed all three levels of examinations, or from previous positions.
Acceptable work experience includes activities that consist to a significant extent of collecting, evaluating, or applying financial, economic, or statistical data (as appropriate) as part of the investment decision-making process; or supervising, directly or indirectly, persons who practice such activities; or the teaching of such activities.
Therefore, to assess professional work experience, evaluate the nature of your job activity, as described previously, rather than merely the job title.
www.cfainstitute.org /cfaprog/requirements/workexperience_prior.html   (289 words)

  
 Work Experience
The student bodies at most schools have an average of 4 or 5 years of work experience, and many schools strictly adhere to a two-year minimum.
The rare exception is granted to older undergraduate students who gained work experience before going to college and then applied directly to a graduate program (schools generally only count full-time, post-undergraduate work in their calculated "average work experience for the entering class").
Work experience is typically evaluated based on the reputation of your employer; your advancement or progression; your professional and interpersonal skills; your leadership potential; and the diversity of your work experience relative to that of other class members.
www.princetonreview.com /mba/research/articles/criteria/workexp.asp   (354 words)

  
 Work Experience
Anything that has given you experience of life in what employers like to think of as the "real world" outside university is helpful - if it has some relevance to their organisation, so much the better, but don't worry if you haven't been able to obtain such work.
If you hope to work in the media, work placements with commercial employers such as local newspapers and radio stations are usually unpaid, but are an excellent way of building up skills and experience that will give you a head start in this fiercely competitive business.
As with all the other forms of work experience described here, this can help you to formulate your career plans and develop relevant skills and its value should never be underestimated.
www.kent.ac.uk /careers/vacwork.htm   (2764 words)

  
 Work experience in UK Regional Journalism. News editor's tips. www.HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
But work experience remains one of the best routes into a full-time job on local newspapers.
If you are offered a place, ring up a week before to check everything is still OK. If the person who arranged your work experience has moved to a new job you won't have been uppermost in their thoughts.
Work experience students aren't usually expected to burn the midnight oil, but if you are prepared you can make travel arrangements accordingly and not risk having to leave for a bus when it's getting interesting.
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk /training/workexp.shtml   (897 words)

  
 Work Experience Education Resources - Work Experience (CA Dept of Education)
CAWEE is an organization of professionals involved in Work Experience Education programs in secondary schools and Cooperative Work Experience education programs at community colleges throughout the state.
This plan is a required document that must accompany the Work Experience Education Application.
This is a training guide for work experience educators to provide a reference and information regarding work experience education district plans in accordance with the California Education Code.
www.cde.ca.gov /ci/ct/we/weeresources.asp   (349 words)

  
 Work experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
If you’re not currently working in skilled employment in New Zealand, or you don't have an offer of skilled employment in New Zealand, your work experience can only qualify for points if it was gained in a comparable labour market.
Your work experience in countries not listed is only considered to be in a 'comparable labour market' if you were working for a multinational commercial entity domiciled in one of these listed countries.
Work to residence in NZ Work in NZ Temporarily
www.immigration.govt.nz /migrant/stream/work/workandlivepermanently/caniworkinnz/whatisrequired/workexperience   (263 words)

  
 TKC Work Experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
No credential evaluation service is authorized by the INS to provide work experience evaluations without the judgment of an expert in the field.
If he becomes counsel or co-counsel, his fees for an H-1b work experience evaluation case will range from $4000 to $7000 depending upon complexity and whether he is counsel or co-counsel.
He is willing to provide these services so that attorneys and their clients, who have used The Knowledge Company as their work experience evaluation source since 1989, will not lose access to his expertise for overall assessment of the feasibility of challenging cases, even though he will only rarely accept assignments as counsel or co-counsel.
www.knowledgecompany.com /immig_weijs.html   (732 words)

  
 Work Experience of the Population (Annual)
Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2003-04
Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2003-04
Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2003-04
www.bls.gov /news.release/work.toc.htm   (56 words)

  
 Work Experience Links at San Diego City College
The City College Cooperative work Experience program is the link between your academic studies and the world of work.
Credit you earn in Work Experience classes can be applied toward your associate’s degree at City College and transferred to the California State University system.
The goals and assignments for the Work Experience class are determined by the student, in collaboration with the instructor and workplace supervisor.
www.sdcity.edu /transfer/links/work_experience.asp   (338 words)

  
 Resume Dilemma: Not Enough Experience - Resume Writing Services & Free Resume Advice from Monster.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It's a catch-22: You want a job to gain experience, but you can't find a job because previous experience is required.
A combination resume is a chronological resume that leads with a Qualifications Summary, in which you emphasize the credentials that most qualify you for the job you're trying to land.
Experience: Part-time positions, temporary employment, volunteer work and related hobbies are all valid forms of experience.
resume.monster.com /articles/weakness_noexperience   (613 words)

  
 Work Experience - Resume Tutorial - America's Career InfoNet
Your work history reveals prior dates of employment and positions held with previous employers.
A large gap in your work history can also be addressed in your cover letter.
The statement "works well under pressure" is general and does not tell the prospective employer much.
www.acinet.org /acinet/resume/resume_experience.asp?nodeid=26   (336 words)

  
 Work Experience - ClanTemplates Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
I got my work experience application sheet last week and im stuck what to do.
It might be a good idea to ask the person organizing work experiance to help you find one suitable for you.
In May this year I went to Ricard Engineering for work experience (http://www.ricardo.com).
clantemplates.com /forums/showthread.php?t=64484   (507 words)

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