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Mantzoroship Reflection

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My placement at Mantzoros and Partners was an educational week. I learnt a lot about working in this field yet I found myself bored a lot as I didn’t get the chance to do many practical activities. I spent most my time filing and assisting the secretary who supervised me during the day. The highlight if my week would be my trip to the district courts, although it was long and sometimes hard to focus on it, I learnt a lot about criminal trials and the district courts.
To be successful in this field you need to be extremely dedicated to the cases you working on to ensure the client gets the best outcome possible. They need to be flexible and be able to adapt and improvise during court. They need to be organized as I saw some people at the …show more content…

On my first day I arrived early and introduced myself to the receptionist and promptly followed the instructions I was given.
From my placement I was able to develop my five capabilities and improved many skills including communication, developing a good work ethic, learning, how to look at the bigger picture for someone else, organization, and time management. All these skills will benefit me for the rest of my life as I continue to develop them in my life and whatever career path I choose. My enthusiasm, and willingness to try new tasks were especially useful in my placement, though I found it hard to display my full initiative as I was not qualified to assign myself tasks and solve problems related to the cases.
In organizing my work placement at such a busy workplace I found it easiest to be to the point in my communication with them as it was often hard for them to find time. After sending emails I learnt to avoid emailing due to the large volume of emails they receive and went with methods such as mail and visiting them when they were quiet. If I were to organise work experience again I would attend a field that was more hands on, as I really do appreciate the experience I gained from this there wasn’t much I could do as an unqualified person in this field, which placed stress on the business trying to find me …show more content…

My placement only gave me a brief idea of what being a lawyer is like and though I don’t believe it was an accurate representation of the career. I am beginning to look into alternative options that I will be able to follow in my final years of high school, as I don’t believe this is the only option I should consider as 4there are many jobs I now think I would be better suited to.
My capability that I originally choose at the beginning of the year to focus on was communication. I think I have developed this skill from the beginning of the year, inside and outside of school. Organising an Easter egg collection with a group highlighted the importance of communicating with those around you to be efficient. I also now have a part time job where communication is vital between everyone at the workplace including customers to keep it running properly. In the future I can still work on communicating my own thoughts and ideas and listening more carefully to what others say to avoid missing

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