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FAQs : Why should I waste a summer holiday doing work experience?

It’s possible to combine a period of work experience and time out over the summer holiday period. If you manage your time effectively you can only benefit from gaining a wide range of experience. There are many summer placement schemes of varying lengths and across a diverse range of sectors. Considering the value added to your CV or application form by completing a summer placement, it is certainly an activity that you should contemplate doing.

Written by Editor, Graduate Prospects
Date: 
July 2009
 
 
 
 

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