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[venuss]

I was just wondering, hypothetically ...

If you were going to write a cover letter to accompany your CV to Emily/ Michael
to be part of the event management team to organise acts/ stages/ stores etc also willing to manage budget/ financials

What would you write ?

Your letter/ CV would be handed directly to Emily/ Michael by a trusted friend

You are a qualified Accountant with 8 years experience at large international technology organisations and have 4 years of project management experience with the telecomms industry
and, have attended the last five Glastonbury festivals

No events management experience other than a few team days in the office

Thanks Vx

[Pinhead]

Just turn up, loiter around for a few months and I reckon you'd be roped into the operation soon enough. Seems to be how many of their staff got involved.

[russycarps]

I'm guessing emily and michael have bugger all to do with staff recruitment.

[sifi]

There was a thread on here a while back with a link to a job centre advert for an administrator type at the Festival - obviously not the right job that you'd be looking to apply for, but it might give some kind of indication of the language you'd best adopt.

Other than I'd write something like

"Dear Michael,

I'm a creative, free thinking individual who can come up with my own ideas rather than cribbing them off the Internet"

Oh.

[russycarps]

sifi, on 12 August 2011 - 10:22 AM, said:

There was a thread on here a while back with a link to a job centre advert for an administrator type at the Festival - obviously not the right job that you'd be looking to apply for, but it might give some kind of indication of the language you'd best adopt.

Other than I'd write something like

"Dear Michael,

I'm a creative, free thinking individual who can come up with my own ideas rather than cribbing them off the Internet"

Oh.

lovely stuff

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Tell them you are a drug crazed fiend who can work many days at a time without sleep. Actually,that may well be a requirement!

[tommmy]

Darling fascist bully-boy,

Give me a job You bastard.

May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the belly of your woman.

Venuss

[lee60]

tommmy, on 12 August 2011 - 12:10 PM, said:

Darling fascist bully-boy,

Give me a job You bastard.

May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the belly of your woman.

Venuss

BOOMSHANKA!!

[markeee]

Yoghurt on a Stick, on 12 August 2011 - 11:10 AM, said:

Tell them you are a drug crazed fiend who can work many days at a time without sleep. Actually,that may well be a requirement!

I'm saying yes..if youre a straighthead..no chance

[markeee]

Worth a try i guess re writing a letter etc, but I imagine they get a LOT? but IF you know someone connected who can hand it directly to them then this could or should stand you in a better position i think

[Ed209]

to be fair, you really don't have any relevant experience. They must get open applications all the time and I suspect you'll have to prove your worth on something a bit smaller before moving onto the biggest festival in the world. Saying that, give it a go. You've got nothing to lose. good luck to you

[hedgepeg]

[venuss]

Yes, we have a mutual very good friend  

Altho, yes, I don't have any relevant experience

markeee, on 12 August 2011 - 11:56 PM, said:

Worth a try i guess re writing a letter etc, but I imagine they get a LOT? but IF you know someone connected who can hand it directly to them then this could or should stand you in a better position i think

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I've thought about this long and hard and I think you should write your covering letter in crayon.

[BlackHole2006]

I think you should tell them that they do a wonderful job and you like emily eavis' arse the way it moves from side to side and you will be guaranteed to get a job. Trust me.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

BlackHole2006, on 13 August 2011 - 11:40 PM, said:

I think you should tell them that they do a wonderful job and you like emily eavis' arse the way it moves from side to side and you will be guaranteed to get a job. Trust me.

Also tell them you like the way Michael's arse moves from side to side. He'll be all over you like a rash. He's such a minx.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I would think that showing you have done some research on the structure of the company would help. Maybe address the letter to someone that makes those decisions such as Dick vernon

[Amii]

Write to them and ask if they have any opportunities for work experiance. I do an enormous amount of this, it can often lead onto other things.

I think I'm right in saying the majority of helpers/organisers are "friends of the festival" - people the organisation has known for years, could be a hard one.

[markeee]

Amii, on 14 August 2011 - 05:38 PM, said:

Write to them and ask if they have any opportunities for work experiance. I do an enormous amount of this, it can often lead onto other things.

I think I'm right in saying the majority of helpers/organisers are "friends of the festival" - people the organisation has known for years, could be a hard one.

yea I get that impression, like stewards are all supplied by Oxfam long time friends, Lockup workers by CND also long time friends, but maybe that's just the side of the festival we see

not sure if its the same behind the scenes?!

[Pinhead]

Say you're a mate of Roy Gurvitz from long time back . . . Actually, don't