A thousand apologies for being the worst blog-writer ever and completely neglecting the last month.
I've been back in Cairns, safe and sound for about a month now, frantically looking for work as a brand-new dive instructor. I had a couple of trials and interviews, but none of them worked out. Everyone kept saying that the tourism would pick up and boats would start hiring any day now, but that day never seemed to happen. I have a handful of other instructor friends looking for work as well, so I was starting to worry about finding work as an instructor and getting ready to polish up my hospitality resume and start looking for bar jobs...
Until...
I applied for a job at the biggest PADI school in Cairns. They just certified their 130,000 PADI diver, so they're a huuuuuge company. I figured that since I was a brand spankin' new instructor, it would be a shot in the dark, but as luck would have it, they wanted to interview me! At the interview, I found out that in order to be considered for a job, I would have to go on a five day trial with the company, following two days of training in the pool and classroom and three days of training on the boat. It was a very busy 5 days, but it was a lot of fun. I got to work with really fun people and learned so much about teaching diving in real life. I basically followed around the senior instructor and watched him teach a full Open Water Scuba class, which is your first scuba certification. The boats go out for three days at a time to some really incredible sites, so it was some full-on training. Dawn to dusk every day kind of thing, but I loved every minute of it.
Apparently they seemed to like me as well, because they offered me a job! I start next week!!! I can't wait to tell you all about it... I'm sure my first week will be a bit of a mess, because there's a ton of information to remember, but I think it will be an amazing experience. I'm really pumped about it. So look for another post in a week and a half or so, hopefully talking about how awesome my first teaching experience was! Wish me luck!
Love and fishes!!!!!!!
Congratulations and keep up the good work. Blue and I have been in Alaska since the first of July and having a blast. We love retirement. Have to head back next week because the weather is turning to cold and rainy and we will be on the motorcycle on the trip back to Key West. We are storing the RV at Deb Hess so we can come back next summer. Enjoy your new job and blow many tiny bubbles...
ReplyDeleteAwesome! !!! Go Amanda! Oh and I have a new friend who worked in exmouth as a dive guide for a season. Of course I had to ask her a million questions about exmouth, which sounds awesome but cold!!!!
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