Volunteering
  • Volunteering gives you the opportunity to explore a career and see if it is really what you want to do
  • Volunteer experience in an organization related to your field, provides you with the opportunity to share your skills and experience as well as develop new skills and receive new training in new areas
  • This experience along with a reference can be included on your resume
  • Volunteering provides the opportunity to meet people in your field and develop a rapport with them; these contacts can be helpful in finding employment
  • Many employers do hire their volunteers and use volunteering as a method of screening applicants before making a commitment of hiring them