The Careers Team was staggered by the response from Tanglin parents to the request to help set up work placements for a day on 24 November for 140 Year 11 Students. These 15/16 year olds took a day out of school and ‘went to work’. Students expressed an area of interest and were matched as far as possible to a related employer. The students then had to make their own arrangements with the employer and send their CV. The Careers Team carefully set out expectations for both employers and students.
Tanglin would like to thank the following companies for supporting our Work Experience Day 2011 by hosting Year 11 students:
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For the majority of students this was their first opportunity to see a workplace from the inside. The experience helped them to get a practical understanding of things as simple as the significance of arriving on time, being appropriately dressed and, more challenging, the advantages of having researched their host so they could think on their feet and ask appropriate and intelligent questions. Inevitably students were challenged, but in each case, Work Experience Day was a significant step in their journey beyond the classroom and has helped to galvanise their thought process for life after school and university. This opportunity for the community to get involved in helping to prepare our students for life after school was a superb illustration of how the school and parent community can collaborate in the interests of our children. It was a positive experience and consistently employers have stated that they would like to support the school in the future. Given the scale of community support and the opportunity this presents for our students, the Development Team will assist the Careers Team going forward. We aim to build a database of careers contacts that can help with future work experience placements, can be drawn upon for attendance at events such as the Tanglin Careers Fair and ultimately, with some controls, can be accessible to our students and alumni to help them contact individuals for networking or informal career advice.
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aCTa International Pte Ltd AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT Management Ltd Allens Arthur Robinson Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd, Singapore Branch Barclays Capital Services Ltd Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP BG Singapore Gas Marketing Pte Ltd BOC Aviation Pte Ltd British High Commission, Singapore Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd Cargill Inc Centaurs Group Pte Ltd Changi General Hospital Chartis Singapore Insurance Pte Ltd Clarksons Asia Pte Ltd Credit Suisse AG Design Bridge Deutche Bank AG ESPN STAR Sports Expat Auctions Pte Ltd Flight Experience Singapore Heidrick & Struggles Hempel (Singapore) Pte Ltd Hilton Worldwide Hogan Lovells International LLP HSBC Global Asset Management Institute of Molecular and Cell
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International SOS Pte Ltd Jan de Nul (S) Pte Ltd Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants Pte Ltd Learn Different Lorna Whiston Schools Macquarie Infrastructure Management (Asia) Ltd Madeliene Gunaratam Dental Surgery Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Milliman Pte Ltd Ogilvy & Mather O’ Melveny & Myers LLP Robert Bosch (SEA) Pte Ltd Saka Capital Sanofi-Aventis Singapore Pte Ltd Schlumberger Sealey Brandt Photography Shopping at Tiffany’s Pte Ltd Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group SIVA Shipping Singapore Pte. Ltd Stephenson Harwood Tanglin Trust School The Children’s Place Pte Ltd The Tennis Club Pte Ltd Thomson Reuters Transocean Unilever Asia Pte Ltd Vantage Drilling Company Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP XP Power Ltd
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Careers Fair, Monday, 27 February, 12.30 - 3.30pm Following its success in 2010, Tanglin will be hosting its 2012 Careers Fair on Monday, 27 February, aimed at Senior School students (Years 10-13). This event will give Tanglin students the chance to talk to people from a variety of different career backgrounds, benefit from hearing real life experiences, as well as raising their awareness and introducing them to previously unconsidered possibilities. The Careers Fair is designed to be an accessible, informative forum where individuals or small groups of students can discuss a number of possible career options freely and easily with the wide range of ‘career mentors’. If you would like to get involved or find out more, please email careers@tts.edu.sg.
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