I was hoping someone would have some advice for me or maybe just to talk some sense into me.
I have a job interview on Thursday for the position of fundraising assistant. I graduated last year with a degree in marketing as a mature student. I have no experience within fundraising or marketing (apart from telesales), but quite a bit of the job spec is more to do with marketing and event management.
I've applied for over 200 jobs since September, some of those I've not had a response from and I've had a lot of rejections. I have had 4 interviews so far and the feedback always seems to be that my lack of experience is letting me down. My last job was in 2009 before I began studying, I didn't get a chance to take a placement year as I had two children within the course of my degree and had to take a year out. I can't afford to put DC2 and DC3 in childcare to go and volunteer to gain some experience, as much as I would love to.
I'm trying to prepare for the interview as best I can, but I am extremely nervous. My friend is the CEO of the charity in question and will be on the interview panel. I carried out a live project on this charity in my final year of university, I've got plenty of enthusiasm and ideas but I'm panicking because of my lack of experience. I think also knowing my friend is going to be interviewing is making me nervous.
I've printed out copies of the report I produced for them back in my final year and have a small list of questions to ask at the end. I'm just struggling to see how I can sell myself as the best person for the job.
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