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Get ready for a work placement or internship

First placement, first real workplace. Get a plan for the first week, questions to ask and a way to leave with a reference and proof of what you did.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me get ready for a work placement or internship.

Where: [company and team]
How long: [e.g. 2 weeks, 12 months]
What I'm studying or interested in: [subject]
What I'd like to get from it: [e.g. a reference, real projects, decide if this career is for me]
What I'm nervous about: [anything]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A first-day checklist: what to bring, what to wear (tell me to check), and 5 questions to ask my supervisor.
2. How to ask for work when I'm not busy, in words I can actually say.
3. A weekly log template: what I did, what I learned, one result.
4. How to turn the log into 3 CV bullet points at the end.
5. A message to my supervisor near the end asking for feedback and a reference.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. company and team: a short note you already have. e.g. 2 weeks, 12 months: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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