Placement Panic

I handed in my last piece of work for the year yesterday; and what a great feeling it was too! I still have two more pieces that are due in after Christmas, but for this week I'm concentrating on placements.

Over the last few weeks I've been in contact with numerous companies, in an attempt to bag myself a placement over Christmas. I thought it would be easy - I was wrong! I contacted 8 companies and only one of those could offer me a placement. However, I did have to wait two weeks to hear back from them.

I must admit, I did leave sorting a placement out quite late. What with the Christmas holiday fast approaching - for myself as well as companies - offering work experience to students is not really a priority for the many Head of Communications people I contacted! This has certainly taught me to plan ahead. This seems to be the theme for my second year so far!

Anyway, the placement I have got for the Christmas break is with a charity in Somerset. At first I was a little disappointed as it was actually my last choice - I didn't really like the idea of working for a charity - however, now it's had time to sink in, I've realised it's a great opportunity. I probably wouldn't have done any PR for a charity, so am quite pleased that I will be able to get some experience in this field of PR. I may even decide that PR in the voluntary sector is for me...

I have also been offered another placement, but for the Easter holidays - as they couldn't accommodate me over Christmas. It will be in a press office with a Police Force. This was my first choice of placement as I would really like to work in that environment - so I am really looking forward to that.

Placement panic over...until next year anyway!