Monday, 3 March 2008

St David's Day

To commemorate a great person’s dying, the first day of March is also called St David’s Day in Wales. The people would be celebrating St. David's Day in one way or another at that day.

Saint David was the patron saint of Wales, and he lived in sixth century. During his life, he was the archbishop of Wales, and he was one of many early saints who helped to spread Christianity among the pagan Celtic tribes of western Britain.

And it said that when Celtic tribes invaded Wales in sixth century, Saint David taught people to put the daffodil on the maps to be the marks, and leaded the people to defeat the invader. And now it becomes a custom to put the daffodil on the maps at the St David’s Day in Wales, to commemorate that great person.

Employment in Britain

To be a international student in Britain now, I am very interesting in getting more knowledge about the employment in Britain, and now I did some discovery about it, special to the international staff’s work situation in Britain.

Britain is the only one country to allow the students to do the part-time job of all the countries which speak English. And at June 1999, the government of Britain canceled the law that the students could not do the part-time job without the Work Permit if they did not belong to E.C. That means if you had the visa of students you can take a part-time job now, but it also need to apply a NI (National Insurance Number) card, because with that card, the students can get job easier, and it would avoid to unfair payment.

How to get job? There are many ways, like go to the Job Centre, read the advertisement of the newspaper, and be introduced by friends. Most of the employer needs the letter of recommendation, we can ask the teachers, the landlords or any native you know to help you writing it.

The government of Britain has changed many laws to increase the economy, it contains to encourage the international people working in the Britain. And it needs some special person of ability. For example, Nurse, Consultant Doctors, Electronic Engineering, Analyst Programmer, Business Analyst, Audiologist and so on.

In conclusion, now in Britain, it is easier to get job if you really have the ability, whatever you are native or not.