How to use the Veryan Webview database

FINDING A WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT

• Veryan Webview is a database of employers who have had a Health & Safety check carried out by the Devon Education Business Partnership (DEBP)

• The DEBP have given permission for you to look at their database and use it as a resource in helping you find a local employer to take you for your work experience placement

• It is not a list of guaranteed placements, but does give valuable contact information of employers who have accepted a work experience placement in the past and who may consider doing so again

WHAT IS VERYAN WEBVIEW?

HTTP://DEVON.LEARNABOUTWORK.ORG/

Go to:

Click on [STUDENT]

Enter USER NAME [LUKE STUDENT]and PIN NUMBER [2014]

Click on [SEARCH] on the top menu bar

Tick a job type you are interested in and a town/area to search

Click on one of the [VIEW] buttons

This allows you to see more

information about each placement

A job description screen is then displayed giving

all the contact information you should

need (address, telephone number etc.)

Please be aware that as this is a database of previous placements , it may be a number of years since the employer had a student on placement, and the contact name stated may occasionally be out of date

Using the [PRINTABLE VERSION] button

displays the information in a printer-friendly

format

Once you have chosen two or three possible employers, use the contact information to enquire

whether you can spend your work experience placement with them

You can do this either by letter or by telephone call

In the past, students have found it useful to first telephone an employer to ask whether they can

spend their work experience placement with them

Always follow up successful telephone calls with a letter enclosing the necessary

paperwork

Always

EVERY YEAR a number of students believe they have a secure placement because “my dad knows

the boss” or “my mate’s sorted it for me” only to find out nearer the time that another student has taken ‘their’ place because they didn’t tie up loose ends

and get the paperwork completed

Don’t let that happen to you this year!

Until the paperwork is completed by the employer and returned to school, the placement is NOT finalised

REMEMBER

It can be very easy for an employer to forget about a work experience enquiry they had over the telephone months ago!

REMEMBER

… to recap …

So…

Steps to take to find a work experience placement:• Use the Veryan Webview database to help find a local employer• Telephone the employer to enquire whether they would accept a

work experience application for the dates 28th April – 2nd May 2014

• Follow this call up with a letter of application enclosing the paperwork

• Let Mrs Brant or your tutor know which employers you have applied to

• Only once paperwork is completed and returned to school is a placement secure. Until then, any other student can still apply to that employer

.

Therefore, once you have a placement in mind, act fast!

This PowerPoint is available on the school website

Don’t forget that Mrs Brant is available in the Careers Library on Mon, Tue and Wed morning if

you have any questions or need additional copies of paperwork