The 'Meet and Greet'

The 'Meet and Greet'

Not-for-profit placement 

My placement was arranged almost entirely over emails when it came time to actually front up I was scared to say the least! 

My placement is for a very small not-for-profit organisation and when I was asked to come along and meet the team during their normal weekly 'team meeting' I got really worried! My main concern was that my skills and objectives would be far off what they expected of me. Walking into the meeting I thought I had zero experience. 

However after leaving the first meeting, I was overwhelmed, I realised how much I did have to offer the organisation. The beauty of a not-for-profit is that the work is so worthwhile. You can develop a passion for their cause so quickly. Within the hour and a half’s meeting I got to know the small team, and figured out that their expectations of me were perfectly in line with my expectations granted it will be a little bit of a challenge! They are willing to help me, and are going fairly easy on me. 

I’ am completing my placement as a part time equivalent, working one day a week. However, the organisation will be hosting a big range of great events that I will be helping at over the next few months. It is daunting and I don’t know how useful I’ am going to be but its pretty exiting to start putting all this university study to good use!