I've been looking for a full time job recently as a secretary.
I'm already employed in a local hotel at the front desk for $9 an hour. Which well all know isn't enough to live on.
The Canadian gvt has been helping people get back into the workforce/attain higher level employment recently.
And so I took some classes sponsored by the gvt to renew my skills.
One of the counsellors jobs is helping YOU find a job. So I was sent on a ';work experience'; which basically means I spent all day working for free.
Not a problem if it leads to a job.
Well, actually yes it is.
By the end of the day, the boss had offered me a temporary job (until Christmas) doing ';graphics design'; (not really, a trained monkey could do it, but whatever) for $9 an hour doing things like calenders for people. After Christmas, I'd go down to two days a work doing their books (god I hate accounting) so I wouldn't even be doing what I enjoy (the creative computers stuff) anyway.