Deirdre Carswell, one of The Well Placed alumni, worked in a Corporate Partnerships placement at Alzheimer’s Society for 6 months.
Following the pilot she landed a new role as Head of Fundraising at Skylarks Charity. Dee has a great story to tell which you can listen to on this podcast from Career Returners, but this is what she has to say about The Well Placed.
“Finding The Well Placed was a ‘stars aligned’ moment in my career. I had seen it posted as an opportunity for a return to paid work for people wanting to make the switch to the charity sector. That was a very lucky and exciting opportunity because although I had done work consulting with charities and in corporate environments to actually be in the inner workings of a large (charitable) organisation gave me a really good grounding and understanding of the third sector from the inside out.”