Involve! Include! Improve!
In March 2017 Youth Discovery Ventures published an EVS call for our new EVS project in Sheffield, we received more than 300 applications in just three weeks. Reading and assessing all the applications was a tough procedure, but finding suitable candidates for the interviews turned out to be easier than we expected. Reading the cover letters, we noticed that too many candidates, even the more skilled and experienced ones, struggled to clearly express their specific interest in the project. Many cover letters contained irrelevant information and seemed to be sent, unmodified, to apply for more than one EVS project. Applying for different projects in the same period is a very natural and common practice for such a competitive scheme as EVS, but it’s important that aspiring volunteers understand that, in order to be really competitive, they should focus more on the quality of their production instead of simply sending out lots of applications. In a short video (that has at last count been watched 162 times) published on our website and on our Youtube channel we tried to explain what we’d like to read in a motivational letter and the mistakes not to make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L28_WVvbjBI Giving these little tips we hope to help people interested in EVS can increase their chances to participate in a project that really matches their interests and aspirations, making an informed choice and achieving the maximum from their future EVS experience. Comments are closed.
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