http://socyberty.com/activism/marching-into-the-peace-corps-pt-35-the-peace-corps-web-ex-meeting/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:34:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://socyberty.com/activism/marching-into-the-peace-corps-pt-35-the-peace-corps-web-ex-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-19281 josh Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:30:56 +0000 http://socyberty.com/activism/marching-into-the-peace-corps-pt-35-the-peace-corps-web-ex-meeting/#comment-19281 one reason for all the ambiguity/confusion about choosing the country where you want to serve is very simple. PC doesn't want to be used as a travelling agency, and trust me, there are a number of volunteers who join to be tourists first and development workers second.<br /> another reason is that you may know a great deal about a country and have even visited it, but your recruiter probably knows a great deal more about pc's program and where exactly you fit in best. granted, the interview process is really insufficient and pc should give more choice than simply "choose a continent", but can you imagine how difficult it would be to fill some posts if applicants were allowed to choose their country? one reason for all the ambiguity/confusion about choosing the country where you want to serve is very simple. PC doesn’t want to be used as a travelling agency, and trust me, there are a number of volunteers who join to be tourists first and development workers second.
another reason is that you may know a great deal about a country and have even visited it, but your recruiter probably knows a great deal more about pc’s program and where exactly you fit in best. granted, the interview process is really insufficient and pc should give more choice than simply “choose a continent”, but can you imagine how difficult it would be to fill some posts if applicants were allowed to choose their country?

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