Seeking work – please help a fellow golfer!
Once again I find myself apologizing for the recent lack of blog posts, but the truth is that this doesn’t make me any money and I’ve now got some serious bill-paying to worry about. It’s not hard to prioritize at this time.
So here goes with an appeal to the golf community. I’m hoping for some help or leads with finding work. As many of you will know, I took nearly two years ‘off’ full-time work to try and lower my golf handicap. During that time I went from a 25 to a 10, and lived the dream of so many office-bound people and, hopefully, provided them with some entertainment. Now, if you’re one of those office-bound person who enjoyed following my adventure but wouldn’t take the risk yourself…maybe you could help me in my hour of need? Do you run a business? A golf club? A magazine?
I am currently in the UK (London) for the foreseeable future and am looking for anything that will bring some money into my bank account. I’m a writer/journalist/reporter/editor with experience in all things publishing. I do proofreading, sub-editing and project management. I’m also a translator – I turn various European languages into English. I’m keen for any kind of work – freelance assignments or full-time work, it’s all good.
Working as a freelance or full time sports reporter is still first prize for me. I’d love to follow the major golf tours, writing reports plus insightful features and opinion. I’d love to give commentary a go. But these kinds of jobs only come up when people die – I’m not kidding.
Am I fussy? No I’m not. It doesn’t have to be sport. There’s a recession here. I’ll write about stamp-collection. In fact right now I’d be happy to sweep streets. I’ve even applied to work at the local pubs and stack shelves at the supermarket, but no joy. I’m not sure what’s going on. I have a university education…?
I am also happy to learn something new. The word ‘experience’ seems to come into every job description I look at, which limits me to what I’ve already done. But I firmly believe people don’t lose their ability to pick up a new trade just because they’ve hit 30. In fact, surely one is better equipped to handle it at 30 than 20? I have got the common sense and organizational skills to do all sorts of things, even things that require wearing suits and having meetings. And I’m a great believer that in some fields you can learn as much in a week-long crash course as you can in three years at university. For example, I bet that with hard work and good advice I could run a golf club or be a ‘golf director’. Try me. You may be surprised.
I wouldn’t mind being a caddie, either. I called Sunningdale, Wentworth etc last week but they all said there wouldn’t be any work until the summer. And what about working with a pro? Do they look for ‘experience’? Where does one start? All I can say is I’ve got a passion for the game and know a thing or two about strategy (if not execution!). Just hoping a golf lover out there might read this and know someone who knows someone…
Ooh – one last thing – my contact details can be found in the top-right hand corner of this page!
