To do this for my friend’s DD

[Mummyissleepy]

I’m a head of department in quite a large corporation. My department gets quite a lot of unpaid work experience requests from young people. I have always declined them due to the volume we get. However now my best friend’s DD has asked if I have any unpaid work experience opportunities in my team. Would I be unreasonable to break my own rule (of declining work experience requests) and offer her work experience in my team?

I work in school helping students get work experience places. Underprivileged kids really struggle to get good placements as they lack contacts. Some big organisations now refuse family referrals and pritoise students from backgrounds underrepresented in their organisations. I worked with a fantastic civil engineering company last year and got some students placed who would never normally have such an opportunity. How about helping your friend out but maybe reaching out to school or a youth organisation to give someone with less connections a step up too?