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General Discussion / Re: Employability Skils in the workplace
« on: October 26, 2017, 05:23:23 pm »
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The employability skills I developed when working at Blue Note were digital literacy, teamwork, communication, and learning. I probably developed teamwork and communication the most because I had to work with and talk to the owner of the store a lot in order to get anything done.
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The most valuable skills in the retail industry are teamwork and communication, because if employees didn’t have these skills, nothing would be accomplished and the business would fail.
In the music industry, however, self-management, creativity, and problem solving are just as important as both teamwork and communication, as all of these skills are required for musicians, producers, roadies etc. in order to truly succeed in the industry.
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It is possible for all employability skills to be taught to or learnt by someone if given the right amount of time, but people can also be born with certain skills e.g some people are naturally more creative than others, or find it easier to talk with other people.

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General Discussion / Re: Work Experience June/July 2017
« on: October 23, 2017, 05:25:51 pm »
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The most interesting thing I learnt while doing work experience at Blue Note was that music is in many ways a business, and that playing/making music only consists of 1% of a musicians job, with the other 99% being advertising, managing budget and many other financial tasks, among other things.
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Upon entering Blue Note, you are immediately met with a flight of stairs. At the top of the stairs are 2 doors, one on the left, and one on the right. The door on the left leads to a series of small rooms used for music lessons, and the door on the left leads to the actual store. In the store, there are many guitars on display, with acoustic guitars hanging on the right wall, and electric guitars on stands in the middle of the store. Also along the right wall are quite a few black tubs, filled with lots of old records, which have been sorted by artist in alphabetical order. Along the left wall, are 2 black sofas, and a small red armchair that looks like its seen better days. In front of the back wall is the counter, which has a cash register, logbook, and a series of containers filled with guitar picks. Behind the counter are 2 rooms, one used for conducting business inquiries, and one used for testing electric guitars. Along the right of the store is an entrance to another room, which has a workbench for fixing guitars, as well as mics, amps, and other gear used for either live shows or for recording.
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My duties at Blue Note mainly consisted of sorting records into the correct place, and typing up details of records that would be sold on EBay. However, I also had to change the skins on 2 drum kits as well.

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