). hopefully I'll get the gig... I'll let you all know tomorrow how it goes..
sweet job!
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 04:57 PM
Well, I dont know if this is the right forum to be posting such things, but i just had to tell people who would understand my excitement. as some of you know, I recently moved to Cancun. I had been offered a job with an environmental NGO (which shall remain nameless), who later offered me a salary which can only be described as laughable ($10,000 pesos/month = $1K USD). i haven't yet said "no thank you", but today I came across a company that does all sorts of underwater work. from seawall construction to habitat remediation and restoration. So I call them up, asked them if I could bring them a copy of my resume, told them I am a biologist, with a master's degree in risk assessment (and have worked in the marine biology field for 90% of my career), and certified rescue diver for 15 years, and they could barely contain themselves.. they asked me to come over right away (which I unfortunately wasnt able to do - so they told me to come over first thing tomorrow morning). Im excited. a job where i get to dive every day (and get paid for it - without dealing with the pesky tourists ). hopefully I'll get the gig... I'll let you all know tomorrow how it goes..
). hopefully I'll get the gig... I'll let you all know tomorrow how it goes..
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 05:05 PM
Good luck!!!
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 05:16 PM
Swwweeeettt!
Good luck tomorrow and keep us posted!
Good luck tomorrow and keep us posted!
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 05:27 PM
Well, I dont know if this is the right forum to be posting such things, but i just had to tell people who would understand my excitement. as some of you know, I recently moved to Cancun. I had been offered a job with an environmental NGO (which shall remain nameless), who later offered me a salary which can only be described as laughable ($10,000 pesos/month = $1K USD). i haven't yet said "no thank you", but today I came across a company that does all sorts of underwater work. from seawall construction to habitat remediation and restoration. So I call them up, asked them if I could bring them a copy of my resume, told them I am a biologist, with a master's degree in risk assessment (and have worked in the marine biology field for 90% of my career), and certified rescue diver for 15 years, and they could barely contain themselves.. they asked me to come over right away (which I unfortunately wasnt able to do - so they told me to come over first thing tomorrow morning). Im excited. a job where i get to dive every day (and get paid for it - without dealing with the pesky tourists
Good Luck!!!!
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 07:36 PM
We're cheering for you! Hope you get to live the dream for some of the rest of us. Can't wait to hear you got the job and it's everything you want!!
As for me, I'm feeling pretty scubalicious.
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 07:42 PM
Best of luck, Erik. I think you've discovered why NGOs have so much trouble keeping people on board.
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 07:49 PM
Best of luck, Erik. I think you've discovered why NGOs have so much trouble keeping people on board.
Rick
thanks everybody!! and yeah, i know why they have a hard time keeping people... this is a small, local NGO, so I never expected to make the kind of money I was making when I was working for Greenpeace, but I did not expect their offer either...
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 08:16 PM
Hey darling...moved your post to our Need Work forum so that if this gig falls thru perhaps someone else will be able to help you too!
And DEFINITELY GOOD LUCK TO YOU! -ww
And DEFINITELY GOOD LUCK TO YOU! -ww
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 04:34 PM
So what happened with the job? Have they got any more openings??
I've really gotta get a dry suit so I'm not stuck on the shore this time of year.....
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