My dream job

I was searching Workopolis last week and did a different search than usual, and I didnt see much. I looked at page after page of jobs that were hohum and as I was about to give up I thought to myself "Don't be lazy. Look at two more pages. You never know". Lo and behold there it was WWF! looking for someone to manage their photo library, someone with knowledge of photography, video and digital photography, as well as experience in contract writing organizing images in a library and so on.

I got SO excited that I sat down and wrote a letter from the heart. I didnt even think if it was corporate enough and so on and so forth, but I had enough sense not to send it. As a matter of fact I spent the next 5 days working on it. I read and re-read that letter at least 30 times and it metamorphosed into two letters; a cover letter and a personal profile. If I get this job, Im pretty sure I will never have to look for another again.

So for the last week I have been fantasizing about all the things I could do with this job, and how proud I would feel saying I work for the World Wildlife Federation. I icture myself walking into that office on the first day with tears in my eyes. Overdone? Maybe,but its fact. I get teary just thinking about it!

When I was 16 I decided to work for Greenpeace. Somewhere along the way that dream took a back burner, and I wish it never had, because I know this is the real reason Ihave never been satisfied with the jobs I have had. The closest I came was teaching and I do love it and could likely do it the rest of my life quite happily, but this would be far more satisfying on so many levels, especially if I could incorporate teaching into it somehow; such as taking part in school programmes etc.

When I decided to work for an environmental organization I remember speaking to my friend John Miller on the phone about it. He guessed it before I even said it and said "You want to work for the WWF?" and I remember saying "The World Wrestling Federation??? NOOOO I want to work for Greenpeace!" That was when he told me what WWF was. Maybe he made a correct prediction. I truly hope he did.

Some years back WWF took the other WWF to court over the right to use WWF exclusively since the environmental org. had registered the name first. So now the wrestlers are stuck with another abbreviation. But still my studetns had a good laugh when I said I was waiting to hear from WWF for my dream job. Ironically I have donw work for the other WWF already. I had to photograph a fund-raiser for them.

Anyway, here is their site. Have a peek: http://www.wwf.org/