19th September 2011, 08:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 19th September 2011, 09:46 PM by Julie.)
Quote:I don't understand why people would not want to campaignWell....maybe i am being too sporting for my own good! I am happy to honestly answer peoples questions. I am sure i am also better informed on some issues than others and would never shy away from putting myself out there to answer genuine concerns, hopefully becoming better informed along the way.
Quote:and the short statement does not so much allow people to ask questions.(emphasis my own) Tell me about it, i was down to trimming out punctuation to try and fit it all in. I think in this lies one of the pros to the use of a short statement. It forces the candidate to prioritise. If the reader feels that a statement covers things of importance to them then they can be sure it is of importance to the candidate. Fitting in a career history and statment of intent in a minimum of 250 words can probably be more revealing than people realise!!
Diggers have the disadvantage of being in less secure employment due to the nature of fieldwork and as you say can find themselves in situations where they have to put down a substantial amount of money to make some, if any. However hard times is something that is hitting us all at the moment and post ex is becoming a harder and harder part of the process to justify to clients!! Were all being crushed in some way and in my opinion campaigning for fieldworkers is where it all begins. Many of our jobs, whether we realise it or not are influenced by what happens in the field, e.g. what fieldworkers are paid, how they are charged out, budgets, deadlines, WSI's...the list goes on. I would hope that minima improvements for fieldworkers would have a knock on improvement throughout the rest of the industry. We are all connected to each other in some way and need to think of it holistically and how we can improve peoples judement of the industry in general.
Gonna head before i get the soapbox out