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For my work placement, I was given an opportunity to work at The Rain Clouds, where I was able to carry out all sorts of work. I was given many different sorts of tasks, which included; registering new people, sorting out furniture and carry basic admin work. I was also able to spend time with the director and other workers and find out more about the business’ history. During my time at The Rain Clouds I got an insight to what it takes to run a business and how much effort has to be put into the business to make sure that it keeps on succeeding.

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My work experience was a men's hair salon called Unique Stylez based in paddington where I was set to manage a family friends business while his father was away on holiday. The tasks I had to do consisted on various things such as making sure the workers were on time, following rules and doing what they was supposed to do set by their initial boss. However there was a language barrier between me and the workers at some point which made communication very difficult, overall I learnt many skills on how to manage a business and give it that spark.

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I completed my work experience at Hawkwook Capital llp, a hedge fund based in Millbank tower. My experience with the company was very useful to me as Investment and fund management is one of the career paths I aspire to undergo, so being afforded the opportunity to work alongside highly experienced individuals for a number of weeks was a huge opportunity. I also made great contacts whilst on my placement, contacts who I am sure will give me a massive advantage when pursuing any career in Investment/Fund management

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My work experience was in a flower shop in Southall which very eventful as I went through many trials and tribulations. I can only speak for myself when I say me and my co worker Ahmed had a great time with our amazing supervisor Vishal.

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Work experience taught me that using your initiative within a professional working environment, is extremely important in order to give yourself a good persona. Working at Grant Thornton’s was an intense process but did however allow me the opportunity to improve my interpersonal skills in which I can use to better my entrepreneurial relationships. As well as this, I have also gained experience into how stressful things can be within a working environment such as Grant Thornton’s. This may however have been due to me being on work experience which may have been the reason as to why I was not involved as much as I could have been.

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My work experience was at Saudi in supermarket called Matajer Al Saudia based in Jeddah. My work experience was 4 weeks and I have learned how supermarket operate and how to be manager. This will help me with my micro business

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My work experience was at the Cardinal Hume Centre charity shop. During my work experience I was serving customers, steaming clothes and completing the tasks that my manager gave me. I enjoyed my work experience as the people that I worked with were really nice and easy to work with. I was always on time to my work experience, that meant there was never any trouble. I didn't miss one day of my work experience. I learnt how to serve customers and always be positive towards the customer.

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My work experience was in a supermarket called Sainsbury based is Islington. Within my placement period of 4 weeks I was able to learn how to engagement with customers, and get a clear understanding how businesses operate on a day to day. From all the way from the cash office to working on the shop floor.

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My work experience was at the Halal Food Authority office in  where I was assigned to help the administrative and finance department of halal food authority under the supervision. I carried out various types of tasks including: filing client’s documents, vouching, scrutinizing employees claim form and office expenses receipts, photocopying, checking emails through outlook express and banking and other tasks. During my work experience I learn't what it takes to run a business and misunderstanding that come across when dealing with clients

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My work experience was in a laundry and flower shop down in Southall. My employer was a very good gentleman named Vishal. During my time at the flower shop I learnt many things which could benefit me in the future. For example, I learnt how to work at very busy periods due to mothers day approaching the pace in which i had work at was extraordinary.

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I did in a chinese resturant called The Chinese Golden Buffet. I found it interesting as it involved communicating with people. I enjoy working with people as I am a very positive individual and talking and communicating with people helped me reaveal my potential. The atmosphere I worked in was very relaxing and this also helped me feel good. The work was hard which made me learn how difficult it is to earn money. Overall i found it very usefull as it gave me life lessons that I will never forget. I also found out that work experience can be really usefull.

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My work experience at Sion ltd provided me an excellent opportunity to engage with customers and learn the basic skills of selling and how to get customers to buy your product.

Some of the attributes that I also learnt was how to always stay motivated and give the business your best even on the not so good days. I will take all that I've learnt and apply it to my own micro business.

My team manager was very encouraging and supportive, her  aim was to provide me with some knowledge and expertise on how to run my own micro business successfully.

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My work experience was at Tommy Hilfiger they provided me an excellent experience, I had the opportunity to be part of "The Store of the Future" in Regent Street the next Global Flagship Store (Store n1 in entire World). I felt proud of myself by being the youngest brand ambassador. In this work experience we pre-retailed and organised the store, pre retailing consisting on opening boxes;
counting items; tagging clothes and sealing then in the right boxes. This process took us 2 weeks and more than 60000 items were processed. In the following weeks we were trained and we worked in stores selling while waiting to be moved to "The Store of the Future". I met Gigi Hadid a super model (women´s wear ambassador). Overall my work experience was great, I enhance my knowledge in many aspects inside a business in the fashion industry and that will help me developing my micro-business!!

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My work experience was in John Lewis based in Oxford Circus, my day to day role was being a cashier. During my work placement I was given a lot of responsibilities within the partnership such as supervising the self checkout tills by myself, where I was helping out multiple customers at once checking ID's to ensure they are eligible to be sold alcoholic beverages. As well as dealing with complex situations with customers and partners.

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I did my work experience at Premier Radio Station within the Marketing section. I helped with the events such as Woman to Woman & the Gospel Awards. I organised the hamper for the giveaway for the Woman to Woman conference.

Since Premier Praise was turning a year old, I organised the ‘party’ by looking for balloons, decorating the studio and ordering the cake. I helped a lady purchase tickets over the phone for the Digital Awards that is taking place this year. At the Gospel Awards last Saturday, I handed the awards to the presenters & making sure the presenters knew what time they were on and the running order. I uploaded jobs onto the Jobsite section. On one of my colleagues last day, I had to make a reservation at a restaurant which helped to build my confidence.

I believe that this experience will be able to help me in the future as I want to go to University and do International Marketing.

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I had the opportunity to work at Eagle Care ltd which consisted of office assistant work, Filing, Sending out emails, Typing and Transcription, Photocopying & assisting staff collegues on their home visits.
During work experience I learnt how to conduct myself whilst working in an office  enviornment and around vulnerable people and that working in a professional manner is a must as you are constantly representing the company brand/image.
I really enjoyed my time at Eagle Care because not only did it challenge  me as I have not worked in an office enviornment before but it allowed me to come out of my comfort zone and gain new knowledge on the skills you will need inorder to be a success whilst working in such a fast paste office enviornemnt meeting deadlines.

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My work experience was at a charity shop called the Cardinal Hume Centre. Some of my tasks were steaming items of clothing, pricing donations, so that they could be sold and serving customers on the till. I enjoyed my time working at the charity shop as it was very relaxed and I got on well with the customers and the staff, who were all very nice. I was always punctual and I completed any task given to me without any problems.

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My work experience provided me with exceptional knowledge with what the Westminster Business Council do. I learnt how to work under pressure for the two weeks they have given me.

Although it was a very stressful two weeks the opportunities that I have gained new skills that I could use in the future. I feel as though the work experience taught me how quick something so simple can turn into a major problem.

In conclusion I have enjoyed my work experience, there are things that I didn't enjoy but those were little to minor things anyways.

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I completed my work experience at Westminster Business Council. My work experience gave me an insight into how a successful business is run internally and has shown me how I should structure my own business. My work experience has helped me to understand how business is done face-to-face and how my business can be beneficial for the community rather than just for myself.

My supervisor and my colleagues were great people to work with and were a great role model for me to learn from and use to improve my effectiveness in the work place.

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My work placement was of a unique experience as it gave me all the correct tools to succeed in a working environment. I have had the opportunity in working at a fashion retail store called I & A fashion.

I have learnt a great deal on team work, how to conduct myself in a business enviroment and workplace as well as managing my time effectively. I have also improved on my interpersonal skills as I was constantly interacting with customers and helping to make their shopping experience better and worthwile. As a result, I feel I have improved my customers servce skills and communication skills, which is great as I can transfer that knoweldege and experience to my micro business.

My main roles within the work placement was interacting and helping with the customers, re-stocking and managing the new stocking coming.