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So saying you haven't got work experience in 2026 just isn't a good excuse. as there is a lot of things that you can do. I'll break it down to you, the three or four top things you can do to get work experience, and that will help you with your applications. If you don't know who I am, I'm agbolade. I run an early careers company called FO Perspectives, which helps employers hire graduate talent and internship talent. I've also coached over 350 people into jobs. So, yeah, let's get into it, guys. So the first thing is literally virtual work experiences. So that's a Forage. Springpod, Bright Network offer job simulations slash virtual work experiences for you across literally every industry. And they partner with employers to actually create the job simulations. When you see those employees names next to it, they've literally created it for you. That's way for you to get bit of an immersion into that industry. But more importantly, you can add it to your C V. And a virtual work experience that you've done. That's No. 1 that you can do straight away, No.2. And it is one of the best things you can do out there, guys, is if you get onto a committee of a society related to the field you wanna get into. So if you wanna get into asset management or IB join your investment finance society. Trying to get into corporate law through your law society. Trying to Get into consulting, Join your 180 degrees of your consulting society. Try and become president, vice president, Treasurer, E T C. You're gonna have responsibilities such as like getting sponsorships, managing events, driving membership, managing the team, etc That's all valuable experiences that employers like No.3 do Competitions. So what I mean is like most industries have what they call competitions you can do. For example, if you're doing consulting, there are case competitions run by employers such as Bain and Mckinsey for you to take part in. If you trying get into technology, there are hackathons that happen out there that by the likes of Google and Microsoft, you can actually get into and compete and win. Trying to break into finances Amplifyme that run simulations with employers as well. So there's a lot of what I call competitions out there for you to do that add experience to your c V. And fourth personal projects. Again, this is really, really powerful for particularly what are more like stem tech related. Like for example, you know, you're gonna become a data analyst, create a Github, create your own, your own project and talk about it. If you wanna become a front end developer, create your websites, become a software engineer, create some sort of app. Like create your own sort of project that shows you using the skills that you need. There are sort of four things you Can do straight away. That shouldn't take too long to do. That can instantly just add to your CV And create work experience for you.