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to discourage my daughter from doing apprentise?

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ghostspirit · 28/05/2015 13:17

it would be working in an office. 40 hours a week 500 a month.

reason i dont want her to do it is. 1st year at college she done an animal care course. she passed parts of the course but not all of it. was meant to do so many hours work experience. she never done that and there are other bits she never done. so that was a waste of her first year.

2nd year she decided to do beauty course. its twice a week. had lots of problems getting her to go in for them 2 days on and of through the year. she only has till july to go, and she wants to give it up to do the apprentise. im thinking it will be another year wasted when shes so close to finishing. also if its a struggle to get her to college twice a week how she going to manage 40 hours.

shes coming up 18 but shes younger than her actual age though.

do i discourage her and push her to finish college. or let her get on with things

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rubyroux · 28/05/2015 14:31

Exactly cunty and they'd have no reason to do that because they've just spent 3/4 years paying to train someone up!

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ghostspirit · 28/05/2015 14:51

im just going to leave her to it :)

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missymayhemsmum · 28/05/2015 20:50

Sounds like a step forward, tbh, though employers may be put off in the future if she keeps on starting things she doesn't finish

FlabulousChix · 28/05/2015 20:52

How can they have apprenticeships in answering the phone it's scandalous it's not a trade like bricklaying. The daughter would be better placed in Asda or another retail environment where at least she can expect to earn over £6 an hour.

RabbitSaysWoof · 28/05/2015 21:08

No offence to the OP but I think Office Junior roles are sought after now, when we advertised for one at my work we had adults applying who could already present themselves with more confidence than a school leaver and had completed things in the past.
OP I think your daughter would regret letting this pass her by everytime she has a shit day at work as a beauty therapist she may think where she would be now if she'd taken it. You should check weather the modules she has not yet completed of her course are available to complete on their own at a night college if she regrets her decision.

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Parsley1234 · 28/05/2015 21:48

Just to reply to several posts up thread re beauty therapists not earning good money. I have earnt a lot of money through beauty it has given me travel and a fabulous life style, my nail technician earns more money than her builder husband who is now a sahd. Op I mentioned this to just say if she is so close to finishing I would try and persuade her to, at least she would always have a trade to fall back on very useful when she's travelling or had children and wants to have a flexible job she can do around them x good luck

ilovesooty · 28/05/2015 21:49

We have admin apprentices in my company. They do a lot more than just answer the phone. Our last one proved to have an aptitude for data entry and management and has been promoted since she came to work for us.

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NorahDentressangle · 28/05/2015 21:58

Finish the course.
Always finish the course.
It shows you can finish the course. It means you have a qualification. It looks good on a cv.

cuntycowfacemonkey · 28/05/2015 21:59

Gosh what a twatty post powdermum

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Chipsahoythere · 28/05/2015 23:03

Bet you feel amazingly clever now ey, Powdermum?

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ghostspirit · 28/05/2015 23:07

powermum i have dyslexia. i dont know how to use grammer/punctuation. Please feel free to point it all out to me. dont forget the spelling mistakes as well. probably take a good while. then it will all woosh over my head then you can do the same again tomorrow. least it will pass some time.

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fastdaytears · 28/05/2015 23:14

I'm advertising for our first admin apprentice now for a bit more money than that (£160 a week ish), but still very much a "training" wage. The minimum wage for apprentices is crazily low so we wouldn't expect anyone to work for that. What's important though is what training she'll actually get. Admin is not easy (especially for someone who's new to the world of work) and there is miles she can go if she's got the skills and commitment. It could be the making of her. The college environment just doesn't work for everyone and it takes the demands of a workplace to push some people.
What does your daughter actually want to do for work though? She's chosen some pretty diverse options!

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ghostspirit · 28/05/2015 23:40

fastday i dont think she knows what she wants to do. i never spoke to her about this in the end. within half hour she decided she did not want to do it. she said partly because of the hours. and also the person interviewing her said: and i don't do sickness. she said so if i was sick i would get the sack.

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fastdaytears · 28/05/2015 23:49

Sorry, they were threatening to sack her if she got sick? Wow! It's so difficult to sack an apprentice anyway, but what world would that be acceptable in.

I hope she passes her course and then finds something that suits her. There will be other apprenticeships and jobs, maybe not all with such horrible interviewers!

ilovesooty · 28/05/2015 23:56

The interviewer sounds horrible but what was wrong with the hours?

CocktailQueen · 28/05/2015 23:57

SO you've had to encourage or cajole her to go in for both courses? You said she only had to go in two days a week for her second course but you had to encourage her al the time?

And she's not 18 yet? Sounds like you need to have a short sharp talk to her about her options from here on in!

Bakeoffcake · 29/05/2015 00:03

I've reported powermum's post, as I think it's just nasty.

Bakeoffcake · 29/05/2015 00:04

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ydl1964l · 29/05/2015 00:06

DD is 6 months into apprenticeship,

cuntycow - employers have no obligation to keep them on. In fact many employers get rid at end of apprenticeship and then take on another rather than pay proper wage.

Hellolemonade - there are few junior jobs advertised nowadays, everything is apprenticeship so they only have to pay a third of NMW

After first 3 months, DD now knows as much as her colleagues and does exactly the same role - in addition to working 40 hours for £400 p/m she also has to do coursework and has someone go into the workplace once a month to mark.

Having said that, DD was the same as OP child and pratted about at college as she had no idea what career she wanted. The apprenticeship has been the making of her and her maturity level has improved considerably. The wage really annoys me as it is cheap labour but have to look at the long term and hope she gets a proper job with proper wage once apprenticeship is finished.