Apprenticeship
Why I picked the vocational route
Studying through an apprenticeship isn’t for everyone. You’re thrown in the deep end, into the working world, and you either sink or swim.
By Helen Wright | Notebook | Saturday, 4 August 2012 at 12:00 am
How we all started working for free
When I was a student, back in the early nineties, I had a holiday job at the frozen-food supermarket chain, Iceland. One morning, presumably fresh from a leadership course at Frosty HQ, our manager called all the staff together to admonish us for our apparent lack of enthusiasm for the sale of turkey nuggets. “Sometimes I feel that some of you are only in this for the money” she hissed. She was cut off by incredulous laughter. After all, what other motivation could there be for spending one’s weekend restocking a giant fridge freezer?
By Ruth Whippman | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 8:00 am
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