21st September 2005, 03:37 PM
I agree entirely with leg11aug's comments that
We have taken on a number of such enthusiastic, hardworking if inexperienced people and found them to be very good. Attitude is key. We have provided 6-week traineeships (paid), and all three such posts over the last two years have subsequently evolved into 6-month contracts as site assistants.
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the people that did well were those that were genuinely enthusiastic and not afraid of hard work and a bit of discomfort. A distressingly large majority of the students seemed to consider the whole business of digging to be a chore to be endured in pursuit of their degree, rather than a skill fundamental to their desired profession.
The former group would probably do well on site with, or without, a degree. The latter seem to think the're going step straight into supervisory roles..
We have taken on a number of such enthusiastic, hardworking if inexperienced people and found them to be very good. Attitude is key. We have provided 6-week traineeships (paid), and all three such posts over the last two years have subsequently evolved into 6-month contracts as site assistants.