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17th March 2011, 01:28 PM
Oh absolutely. The trouble comes when bills and rent need paying, and volunteering just doesn't cut the mustard when it comes to this. I really think the industry needs to start thinking more pro-actively about taking on the younger, less experienced graduates and giving them the training that's needed. Yes it will mean spending a bit on training them, but to be fair you can pay them less anyway, and by the end of it your company will have someone who you know is trained well. Expecting new graduates to constantly volunteer to gain experience is short sighted in my opinion, and cuts out the poorer graduates. Only those with the good fortune of being able to sponge of parents whilst working for nothing get anywhere - really not ideal.
I am trying to volunteer at weekends, but the fact is not that much happens at weekends, and the area I want to work in - conservation planning and historic buildings - work, like everyone else, during the week. As do I. It's a very depressing, vicious circle, and only the industry can change it.
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17th March 2011, 01:30 PM
GPStone Wrote:There are a couple of companies who appear to have more work than they've got staff for, but there seems to be a reason for that........not least because they're not providing subs and accommodation, not that all that many companies are now of course.
...and there are companies who
do provide accom who have a healthy fieldwork order book....:face-stir:
Drunky - if you don't send any cvs out
no one will know to call you
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17th March 2011, 01:58 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:...and there are companies who do provide accom who have a healthy fieldwork order book....:face-stir:
Drunky - if you don't send any cvs out no one will know to call you
There most certainly are! :face-approve:
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17th March 2011, 02:24 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:...and there are companies who do provide accom who have a healthy fieldwork order book...
care to point me towards one who will employ me rather than expect self employment dino? :face-stir:
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17th March 2011, 10:37 PM
Get yourself sending a cv to CFA
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18th March 2011, 10:39 AM
nice shiney website Bajr, but i'm not overly convinced by a weekend commute from Oxford to East Lothian?!
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18th March 2011, 01:31 PM
lacrimosa Wrote:nice shiney website Bajr, but i'm not overly convinced by a weekend commute from Oxford to East Lothian?!
Job would be finished by the time you set sail!
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
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I've been writing to dig sites/Time team/etc and I've been allowed to dig in... twice. It works if your careful.
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The reply above is exactly what I do too, just be polite and careful
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What have you got to lose? We always keep every CV on file and most Units encourage it on their website. You never know what is around the corner...
