Apprenticeships hmmmm, if you can get an internship go for it. Right now things seem to be a bit slow. haha. no thats not quite the word. While i was doing the FE-1s last year i was working in a solicitors office, everything was looking rosy for that apprenticeship and I had approached four other places where i had managed to build up contacts. Everything look set. All my time spent hanging around the courts seemed to be paying off. I also sent out a ton of CVs.
Oh well, all the other offers dried up and where i was changed their mind, I could work for free during my apprenticeship..... then that changed, they didnt even have enough work for that. Staff levels have been chopped by around 60% since August and they had already let around 30% go the previous year. Things are looking a bit slow right now and a few of the folks i know from the FE-1s who have been looking for a year or two have just totally given up. Everyone is a bit nervous and slow to take on any staff, don't be surprised if you hit a bit of a wall at this point. The only people i know who have managed to get an apprenticeship right now did so through family. Although im sure thats not a universal thing. All i can say is don't be surprised if you have to sit it out for a while. Don't get the hump and think its you. Even when times were good there were far too many people doing the exams and places have been letting staff go since at least summer 2007. Even when things pick up there will be a backlog of everyone who has been waiting this out. Its going to be a lot of fun, don't expect it to be easy but don't get disheartened --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
