Here at Maxus we have opened our arms once more and welcomed our lovely new work experience boy, Dan into our office. Dan’s arrival made me think back to when I did work experience which actually I guess wasn’t that long ago in comparison to some of the true Maxus Veterans.

 I was lucky enough to secure a place at Headlines Hair Salon on Essex – the epitome of cool. Whilst all my friends spent their days dusting filing cabinets and sticking stamps to envelopes I was watching brunettes transforming into blondes bombshells, curly locks being straightened and most exciting of all is that I got to hear all of the juicy gossip – it really is true that people tell their hairdressers everything!

This led me to think…did I  take anything away from my work experience? did it provide me with an increased understanding of the working world and what I might wish to achieve with my career when I grew up?

If you are lucky enough to know what industry you might wish to go into at the tender age of 15 then it is the perfect opportunity to test the water. But if like me, you were a little naive and didn’t have a clue what you wanted to be, then work experience can be a great starting point to help you to understand which aspects of  working life you do or don’t like which in turn should help to get those creative juices flowing. In my time at Headlines I discovered that whilst I didn’t want to become a hairdresser, I really enjoyed working in a creative and energetic environment but couldn’t stand  the smell of bleach and somehow I ended up here at Maxus which coincidently doesn’t smell like bleach at all and is really quite a fun and energetic place to work.

It will be interesting to see what Dan takes away from his time at Maxus….

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