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Re: Work Experience June/July 2017
DIR By: Michaela.G
Date: August 6, 2017, 5:24 am
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> My work experiences was pretty interesting and I've never done
anything like it before. I also didn't have that much to do
other then socializing with event attendees and other
volunteers. Out of the 32 hours that I was volunteering I only
actively worked for about 6 hours, the rest of the time I was
just drifting around asking the senior volunteers if they needed
help with anything, or attending the presentations. I did enjoy
my time there though. The presentations at the event were really
cool and some of the topics like PC building and games
development related to my interest. I was a little stressed on
the first day because I felt lazy and though that I wasn't
pulling my weight because I was pretty much sitting down doing
nothing for the whole day. But on the second and last day I
calmed down and didn't have those feelings.
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> I really liked working at the event and I got along really
well with the other volunteers. I also really enjoyed talking to
the events attendees and had a couple of really good
conversations with some of them. In my previous jobs I always
had trouble communicating with others, and I could never really
hold a conversation. So I guess something that I learned about
myself while doing this placement is that my communications
skills have really improved since I last worked.
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> The work space was pretty large. The event took place at the
Chisholm Frankston campus in building D and building W. The main
events and presentations took place in building D, while work
shops, e-sports, VR and smaller presentations took place in
building W. Going back and forth between these buildings took
about 2 and half minutes each way. The week of the event was
also really cold so walking back and forth between the two
buildings got annoying very quickly. Building D was also very
cold because it didn't have heating and the rooms were so large.
The main stage area in building D was also a warehouse all of
its windows were open, making the place even more cold.
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> My duties at the event were registering and signing in event
attendees, handing out and collecting raffle tickets, telling
attendees where to go and what the schedule for the day is if
they needed help, cleaning, and moving objects.
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Your work experience sounds pretty fun with all the technology
they had, and its good that you enjoyed the time you spent
there. Also building your communications skills while on work
experience is a plus.
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Re: Work Experience June/July 2017
DIR By: JayJay
Date: October 23, 2017, 5:25 pm
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1.
The most interesting thing I learnt while doing work experience
at Blue Note was that music is in many ways a business, and that
playing/making music only consists of 1% of a musicians job,
with the other 99% being advertising, managing budget and many
other financial tasks, among other things.
2.
Upon entering Blue Note, you are immediately met with a flight
of stairs. At the top of the stairs are 2 doors, one on the
left, and one on the right. The door on the left leads to a
series of small rooms used for music lessons, and the door on
the left leads to the actual store. In the store, there are many
guitars on display, with acoustic guitars hanging on the right
wall, and electric guitars on stands in the middle of the store.
Also along the right wall are quite a few black tubs, filled
with lots of old records, which have been sorted by artist in
alphabetical order. Along the left wall, are 2 black sofas, and
a small red armchair that looks like its seen better days. In
front of the back wall is the counter, which has a cash
register, logbook, and a series of containers filled with guitar
picks. Behind the counter are 2 rooms, one used for conducting
business inquiries, and one used for testing electric guitars.
Along the right of the store is an entrance to another room,
which has a workbench for fixing guitars, as well as mics, amps,
and other gear used for either live shows or for recording.
3.
My duties at Blue Note mainly consisted of sorting records into
the correct place, and typing up details of records that would
be sold on EBay. However, I also had to change the skins on 2
drum kits as well.
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