are talents or abilities that can be learned or acquired through training or day to day experience
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Laura spent her year 10 work placement at GTI Media, the company behind TARGETcareers. Here are the top five skills she developed there.
I’m Laura, a year 10 student on my work experience placement at GTI Media in Wallingford. GTI Media is a company that publishes materials to help bridge the gap between school leavers, universities and employers – including the TARGETcareers website. I’ve been working in the editorial department for the past week, where they create, edit and manage the content that is produced.
During my time here I have written articles, conducted an interview and done research for competitor analysis. A lot of people don’t take the time to consider what they have learned from their work experience. But it is important to take a step back and think about what skills you’ve obtained. Here are a few of the skills that I feel I have developed.
Conducting interviews
While I was here I got the opportunity to interview one of the senior editors and write an article about her career. I was incredibly nervous in the days leading up to it, despite the fact that I knew the person I was interviewing was perfectly pleasant and not scary in the least. However, this apprehension surrounding the interview motivated me to do my research and prepare myself for every eventuality. In the end the interview was very enjoyable. I found out lots of interesting facts and anecdotes about my interviewee and had plenty of material to write up my article.
Although this newly acquired skill may seem pointless to many, I feel it will definitely help me when I enter the world of work post-university. As I most want to work in either criminal psychology or journalism, interviewing people would be a large part of either of these careers. So the ability to conduct an interview confidently and be well prepared will be incredibly useful.
Working to a deadline
As I am writing this article, I am working to a deadline. Most young people are used to working to deadlines of some description (homework being the obvious), but the turnaround in the workplace is often much tighter. Prioritisation and minimising faffing are key points that I’ve found useful when trying to complete tasks by lunchtime, or by the end of the day. This is a really important skill to have in any work place, or even at school. Revision, essays, university applications and personal statements all have deadlines and the more practice you have at working quickly while maintaining standards, the better.