Doina Nugent, MA, HDipEd, Cert. Coach (NCCP) TESL(C)’s Post

🌍💼 Volunteering can be a powerful addition to your resume, but how do you showcase its true impact? Our blog offers valuable tips on how to highlight your volunteer work effectively to boost your career prospects. Discover strategies to quantify your volunteer experience and make it stand out to potential employers. Read the full blog now! https://zurl.co/IBN7 #CareerTips #VolunteerWork #JobSearch #firstPRO

I always feel very excited to receive my CareerVillage report because CareerVillage helps students learn about different career options by reading what those of us who already have career experience are sharing. Many students cannot learn about certain careers from teachers, family members or school counselors, so the opportunity to connect with experienced professionals is especially valuable. #careervillage #volunteering #careerchoice #taxcareers

The advantages to volunteering go well beyond being of service to your community! Anyone looking for employment can cite their experience as a volunteer to fill in gaps in the resume. Your skills that you use or learn in the organization are marketable in a wide variety of employment fields, and for a job well done, supervisors, managers, or organizers will be happy to be a reference. You also pick up other valuable contacts in other volunteers. Dare we say, new friends? New outlooks? Signing up today (or in the new year-- everyone is busy!) can give you renewed confidence and a fresh set of skills until those interviews start happening. #Volunteering #ThursdayThoughts #Teamwork #Skills #VolunteersBringValue #StudentVolunteers #JobSeeking

On the fourth day of Christmas, Andrew said to me, "If you're looking for a new job...VOLUNTEER!" 🎅Volunteering allows you to connect with your community and build a like-minded social circle. 🎅The time you've spent volunteering teaches you crucial skills that will help you build confidence in yourself. 🎅Volunteering looks fantastic on a resume! Employers value volunteer experience as a great starting point. Send this to someone who you think might benefit from this tip! If you want more guidance during your job hunt, check out the blogs on our website for valuable tips. We will also hold seminars in the New Year; follow our page and stay tuned for more information!💡 #SULLIVANConsulting #sevendaysofCHRISTMAS #jobtips #recruit #recruitment #recruitmentagency #adelaide #adelaidejobseekers #jobseekers #recruitmentadelaide #recruitmentconsultant #jobs #jobopportunites #work #business #hr #career #careers #resumes #insights #jobmarket

Dont let your employment gaps make you feel insufficient. This is an opportunity to capitalize on any personal goals you achieved, volunteering opportunities you have taken advantage of, or even hardships that you have overcome (resilience). Doing so will show that you were not just taking a break from life and doing nothing.

What an incredible synergy between employers, educators, providers, and local authority officers in the room today! This collaborative spirit shows that together, we can drive the change we aspire to see. Let's continue to push for inclusive employment, designed with everyone in mind. #DoNotBeAfraid #InclusiveEmployment #InclusiveByDesign

👌Volunteering as a Job Search Strategy👌 Volunteering can be a strategic move in your job search. It offers a chance to gain new skills, expand your network, and demonstrate your work ethic. Choose volunteer opportunities that align with your career goals and allow you to showcase relevant skills. Volunteering can also fill employment gaps on your resume and provide references. It’s a proactive way to stay engaged and connected while searching for your next opportunity. #jobsearch #socialnetworking #networking #DiscussWithRahul

I asked for a job, they asked me to volunteer. Let's tell some truths: 1. Young people have found themselves in an endlessly exhausting race, pursuing as many studies as they can -and paying A LOT OF MONEY- to eventually make someone else's company thrive financially. Oh, and provide themselves with a mediocre life. And sadly, recruiters are still asking for at least [x] years of work experience. 2. Volunteerism is globally praised and promoted as proper work experience that reveals a lot about one's (quality of) character. But still, it's -almost always- how much money one makes that shapes the value of their product and skills. 3. We throw ourselves to therapy and self-development books and/or practices to find (and reclaim) our human element in this working machine we've turned into. Yet the whole mentality around us is "live to work" so we end up using these personal-growth methods to maximize our potential in the work space. 4. Pursuing a PhD crosses our mind even during our undergraduate years because we think that just by doing it we are saved... (No comment here) Volunteerism has been an invaluable lifetime friend of mine. However, my robust unpaid work experience doesn't mean that it should remain like this: holding a BA, pursuing an MA, having an extensive paid and unpaid work experience and taking me out in the job market now, makes me think that it is at least insolent to be asked to work for free. Photo: My first voluntary drama workshop in the Resource Center, School of English (Aristotle U). We were all volunteering back then (Dec 2022), and we couldn't have been more grateful. But all of us still want to pay our rent on our own some day. #volunteering #jobmarket #recruiters

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away... We have all had moments when our future seemed like a distant fairytale. The thing is, crucial decisions about career pathways are made not in some fabled story but every year by young people around us. This Christmas pay it forward and inspire someone else's journey by #volunteering to share your own story – those moments of overcoming obstacles, difficult crossroads, and the road that led to your career destination. All of these experiences can help guide a young person feeling overwhelmed by the choices for their future. We have all been there, seeking advice when we were just starting out (and let's be honest, we still need it now), and learning from our different career chapters along the way. Now, harness the power of your story – gift that knowledge forward. In time, the young minds you inspire today will be paying it forward themselves just a few years down the line. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿We are particularly keen to hear from anyone in #Wales who would like to volunteer their time. To get involved, DM our Head of Programme, Claire McMaster, to find out more. #CareerFairyTales #volunteerexperience #PayItForward #InspireTheNextGen #VolunteerWales #NetworkingWales #volunteersmakeadifference #socialmobility #careeradvice

Apparently some C-level person said something recently about being willing to work for free. My thoughts will be a synthesis of stuff I've seen elsewhere. You COULD say something truly insightful about seeing your own work as an asset: *Volunteer work gets you face time with people hiring in your community. "Oh, we believe in the same causes? You need a job to keep up this volunteer work? Let me see what I can do..." *Volunteer work gives you professional experience working with clients, but you practice with local nonprofits. "Hey food bank, need a modern website?" *Straightforward mentorship opportunities might be worth some free work, especially if you're in high school or college. If C-level people are talking about working for free, I'd like to hear them spell out exactly how that's going to work and not just be something where I'm proving to the boss I'm willing to lick his boots just because I'm so darned grateful to have a job, any job, and not be in the work house, Mr. Top-Hatted-and-Monocled-Dickensian-Capitalist-Archetype, sir. Your work in exchange for something other than money can be a valuable trade, but you have to have a vision for what you're trying to get out of it. Don't write off the possibility of free work, but if the work is free, you're the boss. Or, you're a customer: "I do X work in exchange for Y mentorship and training, at the end of every work day." If it doesn't work for you, you walk out. Work the "customer is always right" dynamic to your benefit. One other thing about volunteering: it's a good look into how multiple parties come together: community, business, nonprofits, local and regional government, all of it. #volunteer #volunteering #internships #learning #training