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According to Lucy Tobin, taking time out before university may not be practical due to the state of the political environment.
According to Lucy Tobin, taking time out before university may not be practical due to the state of the political environment.
False (B)
The author suggests that a gap year should be a carefully planned, structured experience to maximize its benefits.
The author suggests that a gap year should be a carefully planned, structured experience to maximize its benefits.
True (A)
The author mentions that spending time doing work experience could lower the amount of tax a student has.
The author mentions that spending time doing work experience could lower the amount of tax a student has.
False (B)
The author's gap year was a meticulously pre-planned experience, highlighting the importance of early preparation.
The author's gap year was a meticulously pre-planned experience, highlighting the importance of early preparation.
The author's friends had similar experiences, spending their gap years interning at global corporations.
The author's friends had similar experiences, spending their gap years interning at global corporations.
The article states that half of graduate job vacancies have disappeared.
The article states that half of graduate job vacancies have disappeared.
The author suggests it's beneficial to research gap year companies and seek recommendations, as some join a practice code.
The author suggests it's beneficial to research gap year companies and seek recommendations, as some join a practice code.
Planning a list of fun activities during your gap year is more important than gaining relevant work experience.
Planning a list of fun activities during your gap year is more important than gaining relevant work experience.
The author implies that a gap year should strictly focus on career-related activities to enhance future employability.
The author implies that a gap year should strictly focus on career-related activities to enhance future employability.
Employers generally dislike candidates who have taken gap years due to a perceived lack of seriousness.
Employers generally dislike candidates who have taken gap years due to a perceived lack of seriousness.
Flashcards
What is a gap year?
What is a gap year?
Taking time out before university to gain experience and explore interests.
Benefits of a gap year?
Benefits of a gap year?
A gap helps boost employability, provides work experience, builds contacts, to test out industries and develop initiative.
Role of volunteering?
Role of volunteering?
Volunteering benefits both the individual and the project, improving language skills and CV.
How to find reputable companies?
How to find reputable companies?
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Gap year: purpose?
Gap year: purpose?
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Study Notes
- Journalist Lucy Tobin considers whether taking time out before university makes sense in the existing economic climate.
- Gap years used to be for sandal-wearing teenagers dossing around South America or Asia, but now gappers need to ensure their year out adds something to their CV.
- A gap year can boost employability while having fun.
- Spend a few months gaining work experience and contacts in a field that interests you before traveling.
- Test out different industries.
- Turn that business idea you've been talking about into reality.
- If a business idea takes off, it could lower your student loan or eliminate the need to find a "real job".
- It shows future employers initiative.
- Arrange a gap year out with very little notice.
- Gap years provide many options.
- A gap year occurred for the author when she decided to change to English and was told she would have to take a gap year.
- Friends had radically diverse experiences such as selling make-up before saving vultures in Africa, promoting classical music to kids, or interning in Parliament.
- Graduate employment is down, and competition for each job has grown.
- According to the Association of graduate recruiters, a quarter of graduate job vacancies have disappeared.
- A gap year can help you stand out.
- A year provides a long time, and you might not have the chance to go away for that long again.
- Combine a trip with six months' work or study.
- If there's something you've always wanted to do, a gap year is the time to do it.
- Learn valuable skills during a gap year.
- Volunteering will do good to you and your CV.
- Volunteering improves language skills.
- Choose a reputable company, do plenty of research, and ask friends for personal recommendations.
- The Year Out Group lists gap-year companies and the locations of gap-year fairs.
- List what you want to do with your gap year to make the most of it.
- Try to have fun during your gap year, whatever you do.
- A gap year is an incredible opportunity to work out what you want to do with your life.
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