Hi there,
A couple of months ago, I decided to look for something amazing to do. My day job is OK, but one day I wasn't really feeling it, and my contract expires in July. I hit the internet, looking for something different, something exciting, something random.
On Guardian Jobs, I found an advert for a Communications Officer role with an organisation called Raleigh International. It was a voluntary role in Borneo, starting in June. I knew it would cost many pounds, and I would have to miss seeing Neil Young live and my best friend's wedding, but the more I read it, the more exciting it sounded. Long term, Communications Officering is what I want to do - I figured that if a company already sees "Communications Officer" on my CV, it will be more attractive to them than "Marketing Administrative Assistant", and when they look to see what makes me stand out from other people who have already been Communications Officers, having done it voluntarily for a charity would make it stand out pretty well. I sent in my CV and covering letter on 24 January, and on 29 January, I received an email inviting me to their assessment weekend.
I found out that the assessment weekend was a general thing, and that I hadn't in fact specifically applied to be Communications Officer in Borneo in June. This was cool and the gang with me, because I then discovered that they also ran schemes in Costa Rica at other times of year. As a bit of a Jurassic Park fan, my interest in Raleigh International then became all about becoming Communications Officer in Costa Rica in September.
I thought, in the words of Wayne Campbell: "It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine."
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