My placement is with the City of Hamilton, so being a
political science student, I wanted to
have some sort of experience in
government so this is an
opportunity for placement with the
municipal government.
my employers are really accepting and open to
my input and
what I thought about different issues.
They did value
what I thought about the issues so it really adds that extra level when you're doing a program
and you also have some say in what's going on. Having a really good practical
experience is really wealthy.
You kind of realize that there are different
opportunities
that people don't even realize exist, it seems that the majority of
students
look at things too narrowly like, "okay if I'm in political science I can be a politician or
a lawyer." they can probably list on one
hand the number of jobs that they can do
but
there's hundreds and hundreds of opportunities out there.
EE has helped me see that if you
know where to look you can find
different opportunities.
I would recommend you look into it, consider it.
It is a really valuable experience,
anything that kind of gives you a bit of an edge over
other students is always valuable.
Where you graduate with just your degree you don't really have any
tangible experience, where a placement
really helps to get contacts,
networking with people
hopefully in the industry or field you want to work in,
so it really helps in that sense. It's been
really valuable just
being outside the classroom setting,
you don't really know something until you 
experience it.
