2012 Olympic Jobs
There are a wide variety of 2012 jobs available from paid positions to volunteer jobs. With regards to volunteer jobs these vary from basic crowd control, directing people, giving out basic information etc. Through to translators for the many foreign visitors to the 2012 games. Even these positions will be vary from giving help to a general tourist from abroad through to acting as a translator to one of the many VIP’s visiting London 2012.
Details on volunteering can be found on the official london 2012 website. It should be noted though that whilst around 8-11,000 volunteers are required over 100,000 people have already registered an interest! That said be aware that not all the jobs will be glamourous and allow you to see all of the action, as an example many volunteers at the main Olympic stadiums will be carrying out duties outside the stadiums and may never see a Javelin thrown in anger! With regards to getting a paid job for the 2012 games, just remember that come the end of the games in 2012 many of the paid jobs will cease to exist.
There are two main authorities that are recruiting paid staff for the games, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG). If you want a job that last beyond 2012 then the ODA is your best bet as they are tasked not only with developing the olympic venues and the infrastructure but also the long term use and development of the 2012 venues. LOCOG is a private funded company responsible for staging the games themselves and jobs range from sports competition managers, through to cultural management, basically supporting every aspect of the management of the 2012 games, thus these are the jobs that are not likely to run beyond 2012.
There are several thousand contracts to be let prior to the games, so there are a huge amount of administration and contract management roles to be filled. So for a long term 2012 job think ODA, for a short term 2012 job think LOCOG. In either case the roles are likely to be highly rewarding offering a once in a lifetime job experience.
Richard Allens Unofficial 2012 Olympics Forum http://www.2012olympicsforum.com
