Why did this article catch your attention?
This article caught my attention because there are benefits to work experience placements as well as negative impacts on work experience placements.
How would work experience placements benefit people?
There are a couple of things that work experience placements could benefit people. This includes, but not limited to:
Gaining experience / learning new things: It is great when somebody gains experience and learns new things too as it gains skills and knowledge to a potential employee. In turn, the potential employee has a better chance of gaining employment with that company.
Showing skills, experience and knowledge: Employers can easily spot skills, experience and knowledge in a potential employee. If the potential employee proves themselves, the employer can make an easier decision to employ them without forking out on expensive job advertisements onto job boards, recruitment agencies, etc..
How would work experience placements affect people?
These work experience placements would affect people because they are not getting paid for the work they do for companies. In turn, they will not be able to pay for the necessities in full, like bills and food, etc..
If they are unable to pay rent, for example, they are more likely to be evicted from their home.
Who else would this affect / benefit?
This would benefit companies because they don’t need to pay for wages to those who are completing work experience placements.
However, the Government won’t get any money from taxes of those people who are on work experience placements, as the potential employees are not getting paid by the employer.
What are your thoughts on work experience placements?
I feel that, as good as work experience placements are, it is free labour, which I think is wrong as people need to live.
I am one of those people who prefers to have enough money to live rather than have no money from being on a work experience placement or be a millionaire. As long as I have enough to live and have a little bit left over, I am happy.
Conclusion
All in all, work experience placements should be scrapped as it only partly helps and companies shouldn’t promote free labour.
It will cause money issues for those who are completing work experience placements and will have a domino effect. Would a manager or Chief Executive do work experience placements for nothing?
What are YOUR thoughts?
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