Anyone volunteering for Yellow Shirt this year? (1 Viewer)

[simonloo]

Eek mine's tomorrow!

 

[lala2]

Wow that's waaaaaaaaay too much work just for a voluntary position. Those questions are what I'm covering right now for my grad job applications. When I was a SPOC (USYD's equivalent) I had a very simple application form--I think it asked why do you want to be a SPOC? and like one other question, and then the interview was just a group thing where they reaffirmed our commitment to becoming SPOCs. That's it. Nowhere near as detailed or as stringent as this. And we SPOCs were competent--we did the same duties as you and there wasn't anyone who wasn't up to the task.

 

[Omie Jay]

yea, too much stuff to do, training, camp, training, and not even getting paid.

its why im not bothering.

 

[TehAzner]

Eek mine's tomorrow!

Good luck Simon!! Hope yours goes well

Cya on Monday in class =D

 

[veloc1ty]

The application took about 20 minutes to answer properly and I did it during a boring lecture. The training days and camp sound fun. If you're interested in meeting new people and helping out the new first year students, I don't see why you wouldn't want to volunteer.

 

[tallkid34]

@tallkid34, my skill seems to cover only to BS-ing on paper. Ah well, looks like I have to wait for my rejection email this week

Have hope. You'll be surprised who gets in and who doesnt.

Thanks tallkid!

You're welcome, mate.

Eek mine's tomorrow!

Good luck. I saw they were doing selections today. Haha, reminds me of when i was in the applicant's shoes.

Wow that's waaaaaaaaay too much work just for a voluntary position. Those questions are what I'm covering right now for my grad job applications. When I was a SPOC (USYD's equivalent) I had a very simple application form--I think it asked why do you want to be a SPOC? and like one other question, and then the interview was just a group thing where they reaffirmed our commitment to becoming SPOCs. That's it. Nowhere near as detailed or as stringent as this. And we SPOCs were competent--we did the same duties as you and there wasn't anyone who wasn't up to the task.

We're considered to have the best orientation week in Australia from past reference. The YS program is popular because of this and hence the need for such stringent selection methods.

YS originally started because a couple of random people just decided to help first years on the main walkway 10 years ago. I think its their 10th anniversary this year.

yea, too much stuff to do, training, camp, training, and not even getting paid.

its why im not bothering.

I seriously doubt you would ever get selected to begin with.

It isn't that much stuff to do anyway. 2 compulsory days of training. 2 day camp. Oweek as well obviously. And just a lot of socialising in between. You don't get paid but its the other things (friends, experiences) you get out of it that make it worthwhile.

The application took about 20 minutes to answer properly and I did it during a boring lecture. The training days and camp sound fun. If you're interested in meeting new people and helping out the new first year students, I don't see why you wouldn't want to volunteer.

Exactly.

 

[Omie Jay]

ahahaha.

i meant its why i didnt bother applying.

out of curiousity, why dont u think i'd get selected if i DID apply?

 

[tallkid34]

ahahaha.

i meant its why i didnt bother applying.

out of curiousity, why dont u think i'd get selected if i DID apply?

From what I've heard about you, you'll be too introverted and quiet to be selected.

 

[Omie Jay]

i see

edit: i can be talkative if i want to

 

[tallkid34]

Is this available for first year only?

Of course not. The YS program sustains itself through returning shirts, or those people who have come back after their first year.

The YS program is run by SLOT (Squad Leaders, Organising Team). SLOT is comprised of individuals who have done usually more than 2 years of YS and basically facilitate the program.

If you get selected this year, you'll be eligible to apply for a position as either a squad leader or organising team the next year. Your success however is dependent on how well you fit into the older cliques of YS (If the older shirts like you, you obviously have a better chance), your performance during the application and who else is competing.

From experience though, its the older types who have an easier time getting into SLOT than only those with 1 year's experience.

 

[littlesev]

Just want to update this thread, as expected I didn't get in. I would be amazed if I did considering my group was filled with very active and kind people, but I have to say the reply makes me feel pretty bad lol.


You recently applied to become a Yellow Shirt in O-Week 2010.
Unfortunately, that application has been unsuccessful.

While that means you won't be a Yellow Shirt this year, please don't
take it personally; our program can only support a certain number of
volunteers. There are plenty of other Arc volunteer programs that can
handle more, and they have many of the benefits of O-Week. They're
definitely worth thinking about if you'd still like a great volunteer
experience.

There's more information in pages 8-11 of the Arc handbook, online
here: http://www.oweek.info/Arc_Booklet.pdf

We could only accept around 50% of the people who made it to the
interview round. There are many reasons for not being accepted.
Unfortunately, the main one is simply not participating enough for us
to get a good idea of whether you would be a good Yellow Shirt.
Otherwise, things that counted against were impacting negatively on
your teams, communicating poorly or disrespectfully with teammates,
anything that indicated a lack of respect for people from different
backgrounds, poor ability to identify and learn from mistakes, or
evidence of a lack of dedication or reliability.

We try to make O-Week as much of a learning process as possible, and
that extends to you as well. To aid that learning process, and to
thank you for applying for Yellow Shirts, I am happy to provide
individual feedback if you'd like it - simply reply to this email.

Again, thank you for applying, and I hope to see you in a future year of O-Week!

 

[Omie Jay]

i like how they included the tongue poking out smiley

 

[littlesev]

i like how they included the tongue poking out smiley

oh sorry that was my doing! haha

 

[tallkid34]

Just want to update this thread, as expected I didn't get in. I would be amazed if I did considering my group was filled with very active and kind people, but I have to say the reply makes me feel pretty bad lol.


You recently applied to become a Yellow Shirt in O-Week 2010.
Unfortunately, that application has been unsuccessful.

While that means you won't be a Yellow Shirt this year, please don't
take it personally; our program can only support a certain number of
volunteers. There are plenty of other Arc volunteer programs that can
handle more, and they have many of the benefits of O-Week. They're
definitely worth thinking about if you'd still like a great volunteer
experience.

There's more information in pages 8-11 of the Arc handbook, online
here: http://www.oweek.info/Arc_Booklet.pdf

We could only accept around 50% of the people who made it to the
interview round. There are many reasons for not being accepted.
Unfortunately, the main one is simply not participating enough for us
to get a good idea of whether you would be a good Yellow Shirt.
Otherwise, things that counted against were impacting negatively on
your teams, communicating poorly or disrespectfully with teammates,
anything that indicated a lack of respect for people from different
backgrounds, poor ability to identify and learn from mistakes, or
evidence of a lack of dedication or reliability.

We try to make O-Week as much of a learning process as possible, and
that extends to you as well. To aid that learning process, and to
thank you for applying for Yellow Shirts, I am happy to provide
individual feedback if you'd like it - simply reply to this email.

Again, thank you for applying, and I hope to see you in a future year of O-Week!

Tough luck, I'm afraid.

I'll give them credit though for the offer of individual feedback. If you're interested in applying again, ask them for it.

I must say this though.

For those people who fail to get in, chances are they will keep failing and never get in to YS. No matter what you did wrong in your application, if you force yourself to be something you're not, it doesn't mean you'll be any better off next time.

To be honest, think about doing asome of the revues next year. There is no application/selection process and you'll make friends and all that shit. Like YS, except instead of Oweek, you'll have the week in which you perform.

 

[SFinspired]

littlesev, your application was unsuccessful too? Was this for the 2nd stage? (the stage after the selection of answers?) ...if that makes any sense

 

[littlesev]

Tough luck, I'm afraid.

I'll give them credit though for the offer of individual feedback. If you're interested in applying again, ask them for it.

I must say this though.

For those people who fail to get in, chances are they will keep failing and never get in to YS. No matter what you did wrong in your application, if you force yourself to be something you're not, it doesn't mean you'll be any better off next time.

To be honest, think about doing asome of the revues next year. There is no application/selection process and you'll make friends and all that shit. Like YS, except instead of Oweek, you'll have the week in which you perform.

I don't think I'm going to take him up on the offer though. It's enough that when I look back, I think "Ohh I should have done that" without being officially told that yeah, I should have done that

I'm simply not comfortable to talk for 4 to 5 minutes straight with people looking at me, nodding,, contemplating, making notes and stuffs. I can't talk that much in my own language, let alone English. and being graded along with four outspoken Australians wasn't helping my case either hehe.

Revues, what's that? I'm interested cuz I find this whole selection process unnerving!


@SFinspired, yeah it was for the second and final selection. U decided what way you're gonna kill yourself yet? cuz i might join

 

[tallkid34]

I don't think I'm going to take him up on the offer though. It's enough that when I look back, I think "Ohh I should have done that" without being officially told that yeah, I should have done that

I'm simply not comfortable to talk for 4 to 5 minutes straight with people looking at me, nodding,, contemplating, making notes and stuffs. I can't talk that much in my own language, let alone English. and being graded along with four outspoken Australians wasn't helping my case either hehe.

Revues, what's that? I'm interested cuz I find this whole selection process unnerving!


@SFinspired, yeah it was for the second and final selection. U decided what way you're gonna kill yourself yet? cuz i might join

No wonder you didn't get in. You need to be outgoing and extroverted to some extent as the entire oweek is predominantly spent talking to random first years.

The YS program never pick people whose English isn't up to scratch. It has to be. Otherwise you won't be able to give a tour or directions to someone or to facilitate an event.

 

[littlesev]

No wonder you didn't get in. You need to be outgoing and extroverted to some extent as the entire oweek is predominantly spent talking to random first years.

The YS program never pick people whose English isn't up to scratch. It has to be. Otherwise you won't be able to give a tour or directions to someone or to facilitate an event.

I don't have problem chatting with people in general, but I don't like interviews just as much as I don't like speech competition

Funny though, how that was one of the questions asked in the interview: whether people who are disabled / not as fluent in English can be a Yellow Shirt, and every one including the facilitator insisted that it's no problem. Is that awfully PC of them, I'm not sure.

I agreed to some extent, but voiced my doubt. YS seem exclusive, they seem to emphasize a lot on the limitation of people they can accept. So, I hardly think people who don't usually stand out would see themselves making it to be YS as they might not be given the chance to prove themselves in the 1st place, let alone disabled people and those who don't speak English well.

 

[veloc1ty]

I'm simply not comfortable to talk for 4 to 5 minutes straight with people looking at me, nodding,, contemplating, making notes and stuffs. I can't talk that much in my own language, let alone English. and being graded along with four outspoken Australians wasn't helping my case either hehe.

Haha, I found myself nodding along to other people's responses, must've caught it from the markers. I should've taken out a notepad and started writing stuff, see how that would've gone down.

 

[tommykins]

No wonder you didn't get in. You need to be outgoing and extroverted to some extent as the entire oweek is predominantly spent talking to random first years.

The YS program never pick people whose English isn't up to scratch. It has to be. Otherwise you won't be able to give a tour or directions to someone or to facilitate an event.

lol! my mate got in and he's pretty socially awkward sometimes.

he can talk and shit but he's not exactly outgoing

bullshitted them so well lol