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Advice for First-Time Aid workers | Aid Workers Network (1032 words) |
 | Aid agencies are short of good staff almost all the time, and all of their existing staff started somewhere. |
 | Many aid agencies are short-sighted when it comes to their recruitment: they want their staff to have got their experience elsewhere, and often do not invest in their own staff as they should. |
 | Ask an aid worker contact if you can take 20 minutes of their time to ask their advice on how to begin work in the area that they are working in. |
| Tired of re-inventing the wheel? We are ... | Aid Workers Network (216 words) |
 | Aid Workers Network is a free service set up to enable aid workers to share practical advice and resources with each other. |
 | Aid Workers Network is your starting point for finding out how they dealt with those situations and solved those problems - and for you to contribute your own experience to help others. |
 | Aid Workers Network thanks the British Red Cross and Oxfam for their generous support. |