soo about work experience in high school..where did you do it? how was it?

n e recommendations for me? (bby district) i think i want to become n accountant in the future..but i dont want to go all the way downtown to royal bank b/c i know a lot of ppl who went there...and they stapled papers all day. also their work experience didn't help them to get a job in the future, does that apply to most of you?

i had some old friends who used to be able to go to safeway/ae..as a sales associate/cashier...is that still available?

thanks guys =]

Are you asking about career prep/work experience in highschool?

i wanted to be a nurse back when i was in grade 12... soo for career prep they sent me to a medical office, and all i did was at medical office assistant's work.. pull chart, filing etc..
then for one day they sent me out to ubc and i shadowed a day of a nursing student... going to class w. them etc...

i had a friend she was into fashion designed so for her placement she got to work at lululemon, and they hired her as staff after her 2 weeks tehre

you can apply for a job @ safeway/ae and use those hours as work experience if your school doesn't have the connections to put you in as work exp.

aw i wanted to go to a bank for work exp, but if stapling's all you do, i'm not sure :S

yup in highschool...woah that's so kewl! did ur friend during work experience work as a sales associate?...what was her job 2 weeks later?

yah i think she worked as sales...

my work (nike) usually gets a lot of people for work experience. just try everywhere!

HEY i did accounting work experience in grade 12! highly recommend Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC). really good accounting experience.. very professional and has a variety of tasks (i've done Mariposa Head Office and it was a pain because i did the same thing every single day). Friendly and helpful staff, free hot chocolate/coffee, comfortable environment and good neighbourhood. And the best part was? I met a Hugo Boss model there. he was smokin hot =) hehe

doesnt your career prep office @ school sets up one for you?

I did mine in the Health, Sciences and Humanities? i forgot what it was but i got sent to Adanac Care center i forgot what it's called and Vancouver General Hospital. I hated VGH, the lady was such a bitch to me

yes my career prep office sets it up 4 me, but i dont really know where i should go.

really klts? thanks! ...i think i'll mention this to my counsellor. btw when did you do it and where was this?and thankss!

hmm i did it as my last work experience (i did 3 in total) .. o man i really have bad memory haha i can't remember when i did it! i THINK it was .. spring break? okay hold on, i'm gonna find out and edit this post when i'm sure, haha.. it's a little far.. it's on west broadway. u take the 99B-Line and it takes u right there.

here's the address:

Head Office
200 - 1333 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6H 4C6
T: 604-736-5909
F: 604-736-2715

Our offices are located on the corner of Birch Street and West Broadway, one block east of Hemlock Street. Please enter off Birch Street to access visitor parking.

not that you need all that info, but there it is.

heres the website:

i know they only take a limited amount of students .. maybe from particular schools, so if they do take students from your school, definately apply early!

o and np

holy crap that's far!! thanks though =]

did you skytrain there? how long did it take you ?

it IS far. yup, i skytrained and bussed. took me around an hour.. but it wasn't too bad because it's only for a week.