Work Experience For Ages 12-14

At InvestIN, we offer in-person work experience programmes for children aged 12-14 in a range of fields. Over two weeks, children will follow the lead of industry experts and gain specialist insights into their desired role. This unique opportunity involves working alongside top professionals, engaging with immersive career simulations and exploring industry sites across London. Completion of the course will spark the imagination and encourage children to think about what sort of path they’d like to take in their future. It’ll also help them develop key transferable skills, build connections in their industry and support future university and job applications.

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It may seem as though 12 to 14-year-olds have fewer opportunities to gain work experience than older children, but there are still plenty of options to help your child get ahead. For instance, you can:

• Contact relevant companies to see if they’ll allow your child to shadow an employee or help with any general work for a few days
• Try and build a network of people working in the industry for insights and ad hoc opportunities
• Consider whether you have any friends and family in the desired industry and see if they can help 
• Attend relevant events related and keep up-to-date with industry news
• Enrol on an InvestIN programme. We offer a range of unique work experience programmes, ranging from investment banking, computer science and medicine to law and engineering

At ages 12 to 14, children are still a few years off full time work. However, work experience can prove to be a formative event in a child’s life, with benefits that reach far beyond future employability. These include:

• Discovering what they like: Gaining work experience will help children discover what they like and don’t like, supporting them in future decisions related to potential degrees and careers
• Growing in confidence: Children’s confidence will grow as they receive coaching from specialists, complete industry tasks and interact with other like-minded students
• Improved employability: Having work experience will look good on a CV, demonstrating an early desire to work in the field and improving future employability
• Developing key skills: Students will gain key professional skills that will often be transferable to other areas of life
• Building networks: Making connections with people involved in the industry will open doors in the future
• Support university applications: Completing work experience in a field related to your desired university course will help you stand out from the crowd

We’re experts at providing unique work experience opportunities for children in a range of desirable fields. Our programmes connect children with industry experts, helping them gain knowledge and build skills that will support them for years to come. 

We've helped over 65,000 students from more than 100 countries enrol on these courses, so hear what they have to say.

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