{"id":967,"date":"2017-04-19T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/?p=967"},"modified":"2017-04-19T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:20:16","slug":"becomeanra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/2017\/04\/19\/becomeanra\/","title":{"rendered":"Five reasons why you should become an RA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Guaranteed accommodation<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/167\/files\/2017\/04\/tool-tidy-shed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-979 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/167\/files\/2017\/04\/tool-tidy-shed-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"tool-tidy-shed\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Flatting privately takes a lot of work. As an RA you are guaranteed accommodation which means you can spend your summer picnicing in the sun, as opposed to trawling through the internet trying to decide if you can afford to live in a garden shed in Zone 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-972 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/167\/files\/2017\/04\/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"giphy (1)\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/>Meet new people<br \/>\n<\/strong>RAs in 2017\/18 are solely in charge of community building, which means you\u2019ll be making sure that residents are making friends and having fun. You\u2019ll be hosting parties, running competitions and posting on Facebook. Basically, you\u2019ll be paid to socialise!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do what you love<br \/>\n<\/strong>Want to save the planet? Passionate about Frisbee? As an RA you can promote your interests and be involved in tonnes of different activities. RAs encourage students to get involved in everything that King\u2019s has to offer!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-970 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/167\/files\/2017\/04\/sub-buzz-30347-1464969033-7-215x300.png\" alt=\"sub-buzz-30347-1464969033-7\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/files\/2017\/04\/sub-buzz-30347-1464969033-7-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/files\/2017\/04\/sub-buzz-30347-1464969033-7.png 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><br \/>\nGet a CV boost<br \/>\n<\/strong>You probably hear this a lot now that you\u2019re an adult. But trust us, having experience as an RA will improve your employability. You\u2019ll be employed by King\u2019s College, and undergo professional training in health &amp; safety, event planning and leadership to name a few. \u00a0This professional experience will look better on your CV than flipping burgers or serving pints at your local pub.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/167\/files\/2017\/04\/giphy.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-977 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/167\/files\/2017\/04\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"giphy\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Help people<\/strong><br \/>\nDid you know that helping people is one of the best ways to improve your personal happiness? As an RA you\u2019ll be using your own experiences to help our new residents settle into independent life. This is the best part of being and RA &#8211; making a difference to the lives of our students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guaranteed accommodation Flatting privately takes a lot of work. As an RA you are guaranteed accommodation which means you can spend your summer picnicing in the sun, as opposed to trawling through the internet trying to decide if you can afford to live in a garden shed in Zone 1. Meet new people RAs in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra-recruitment-201718","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/resilife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}