touched

trying to find work isn't as easy as cameron and the con/dems say, i mean look at what young political advisers have to do to get a job, but there are jobs out there.

under the guidance of a welfare to work scheme (staffed by goal oriented stock broker wannabes) i have flooded the local charity sector with my cv. i have to say i wasn’t expecting much from the exercise. so imagine my surprise when i get a call from the head honcho of a local charity.
she gives me a little spiel about her charity and the work she is doing. she is enthusiastic and passionate about it. we arrange a time for me to pop in for an interview.

that done i go off to check the charity website.
the basic premise is to get the very rich to cough up more of their money that will be channelled into various projects around the world, and that the outcomes of these projects would be measured and reported on.
a simple and powerful idea.
as the big kahuna the founder of the charity has gone from being an ‘it’ girl to standing with the great and the good in order to make some significant change. on the website there she is with ban ki-moon, bill clinton, gordon brown, desmond tutu and nobel peace prize winners. from the world of entertainment there she is with eric clapton, ben kingsley, milla jovavich, annie lennox and others.
a veritable meeting of the great and the good and all for a very good cause.

her vision and passion is infectious. i want to work for the charity. it is an idea that it would be so easy to get behind.

yet for all of that dear reader there was another reason i was looking forward to the interview. you are probably aware of the fact that i am a bruce willis fan. i have man love for bruce, i am in an unrequited bromance with mr. willis and i don’t care who knows it. you may also be aware of the game ‘six degrees of kevin bacon’ (a variation on the idea that everyone is just six steps away from any other person on earth).
so my interview with the charity founder allowed me to come within two links of bruce (me – to founder – to (either) jovavich/kingsley to willis). so when we shook hands it was a fantastic moment.
so close to bruce.

the job? nope not going to get that. shame really.