Work Experience: Day 3 [ 11/05/16 ]

More tasks follow with the work experience in hand and the tasks which I underwent and progressed throughout the day consist of the following in chronological order:

• Mainline Menswear: This is a clothing company which works with lots of clothing brands such as Nike and Adidas and I worked on two blog posts for them which regarded two subjects including what to wear to a job interview, discussing what to wear to an interview, what not to wear to an interview and general tips for a job interview. Also wearing slim fit jeans where I discussed the fit guide which basically outlines different types of slim jeans and how they look, how to wear the jeans and a brief history on the jeans. I'll also be having my first two official articles posted online for a real organisation with my name tagged along as author, something I never envisioned myself achieving.

• Solent Creatives: Today with the Solent Creatives blog post I was allowed access to their WordPress with an account made for me in order to publish my blog on my video game development, which is now posted on the Solent Creatives blog! (as of 12/05/16)

• Video editing: In terms of video editing I worked on seven different case studies which outline how Solent Creatives helped students start up their own businesses where they'd introduce themselves, discuss what their business is and the idea behind it, discuss how the unit helped them with understanding the world of business and then a thank you to Solent Creatives for the help that they've received. I spent the other half of my day cutting scenes from a variety of clips to ensure that the videos were good and the students didn't stutter or forget their sentences throughout their videos.

Again it was another enjoyable day with a variety of things to do and I've been informed that I've been a great contribution to Solent Creatives from the tasks that I've done. Oral communication also improved slightly as I was talking to more of the people around the office instead of and this is notable as my oral communication is one of my weaker skills which I'm trying to tackle and hopefully make a strength in the near future as it continues to improve like it has throughout the previous two years.

Some of the ratings below may remain as average because I believe that I've been maintaining the same level of these elements and there isn't much I believe I could do to improve it, I wouldn't want to rate myself a 10 as I know that I'm not absolutely amazing at everything but still moderately good. Teamwork and participation don't have ratings as I believe they're better justified in text instead of a number out of 10.

Work Experience Log: Day 3

Self-management: 8 - This rating remains as it is as I'm managing myself quite good in terms of what I need to do and I maintained the maturity which I've had all week and in any situation I find myself where I'm working and tackling a task.

Teamwork: Not much teamwork again but that's not a bad thing because it shows that I'm very independent and I understand the context of the tasks being given to me. Though I have worked with different people in the workplace by letting them know I was done with the tasks being given so I could seek advice on what I could do afterwards.

Participation: My participation in these projects has been great where I've regularly finished tasks and let people know if I need any help with tasks or what I need to do next which does link back to teamwork. I've participated well through finishing a load of tasks that Solent Creatives have gone through, giving a great contribution to the business whilst other people have other tasks to get on with.

Creativity: 8 - I maintained good creativity throughout the week as I also went the extra mile with a blog post on what to wear to an interview by including some general tips on how to make a successful interview (this wasn't included in the brief but I added this as an extra) all from the top of my head which I've learned at college, especially in Travel & Tourism where I had to practice a job interview and learn what would make a successful interview.

Reflectiveness: 8 - I showed strong reflectiveness from my views as video editing requires a lot of this, considering what scenes should play over someone talking and what video needs to go where and especially the duration of the scenes so they can match the detached audio.

What I mean by this is achieving something which I have achieved in my A2 Media Studies documentary where me and a friend named Tom (not to be mixed up with Tom at Solent Creatives) worked on a school documentary and whilst a teacher was discussing his views on the school, different scenes would play muted whilst the teacher's dialogue would act like a sort of voice over.

Independence: 8 - Again showing consistent independence in the workplace with some assistance needed and despite developing an illness today, it's not going to stop me working as consistently hard as I have been at the workplace. Today I created two 500 to 1,000 word blog posts for an official organisation and edited seven individual case studies of students explaining their experience with Solent Creatives.

Attendance: 10 - As usual I arrived at the workplace early so I could prepare and set myself up for the day ahead and I intend on maintaining this level of attendance throughout the rest of the week.

Communication: 8 - Oral communication improved by communication with more people in the office as mentioned before the log but I don't think I would give myself a higher rating as it was a slight improvement and I know that it's a weak area for me that's gradually improving, as also mentioned before.

Motivation: 9 - I continue to show a strong motivation for the tasks that are being given to me as they regard areas of interest such as creating media (e.g. blogs) for organisations and editing the case studies which I mentioned in the independence area. I've found that I always crack on with any tasks that I've been given towards completion but I do take a couple of breaks if it's quite time consuming and I've done this with video editing as it can be a very long process; it's not as easy as thought but if you were to get around the ropes of the software you'd be quite used to it like I am.

Summary

Another good day at Solent Creatives and I've had no issues during my experience there whatsoever. I also believe that this work experience helps me because I've been able to meet people at the university and talk to them which means that I'll recognise some people when I start in September and I won't feel as nervous when I go to meet new people in my computer games course.