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如何利用志愿者工作创造就业机会

 忘忧塘 2012-05-16

How to Use Volunteering to Create Employment Opportunities

Volunteering is an opportunity to experience new skills with new people. During a period of joblessness, it may also be your link back to employment. Use volunteer work to connect you to your next job opportunity.

What are the benefits of volunteer work to create your future job?

1. Current work experience

What does the work experience section of your resume tell your future employer? If you are out of work, there may be a glaring gap. Volunteer work is a valid and respectable way to fill the break in your chronological resume. Whether your unemployment length is 2 months or 2 years, offering your talents to a non-profit organization keeps your experience up to date.

Volunteering qualifies as work experience, though you’ll want to be careful how you describe this position. Employers know the number of people out of work, but still expect to be told where you earned your paychecks. Some volunteer positions don’t need explanation, such as, “Offer extensive organizational capacity on Board of Directors.” To clarify a less obvious volunteer position, try: “Event planning and fundraising, volunteering up to 40 hours a week.” This moves “volunteer” out of the title and into the description.

Employers want to see motivation present on your resume, and your volunteer work will provide proof.

2. Enhance your skills

When you volunteer for a new organization, you give them the benefit of your unique talents and create an opportunity to enhance your profile. You may be an excellent organizational manager. To keep your experience current, help to organize an upcoming event, offer to streamline the process with creative ideas, and be a valuable support for the event directors. Learn about event planning and fundraising, as well as meet other volunteers with valuable insight or even employer connections.

If your talent is working in construction, you can offer to work in a place like Habitat for Humanity. If accounting is your focus, non-profits and community organizations always need treasurers and accounting experts. In each situation you will discover a valuable exchange of knowledge.

3. Create new contacts

As you become involved in your volunteer work, you will meet new people. Your enthusiasm to contribute in a meaningful way will rub off on people you meet, who again may be contacts for future paid work.

Be open to other volunteers about your situation. Don’t say, “I’m just volunteering until I find a job.” This devalues the work both you and others do for the organization. Say, “I’m not currently working, and want to use this opportunity to bring my talents to a new organization. Perhaps I’ll learn something new, and I may discover paid work along the way. I hope to continue this volunteer work once I begin a new job.” Other volunteers will be more likely to offer you job leads if they know (1) You are looking, and (2) You want to continue volunteering when the new job starts.

4. Increase your current life satisfaction

You may volunteer to fill the gap in your resume, but if you find an organization you feel passionate about, and a position you feel confident about, you may discover personal satisfaction spilling over into your life. With purpose in your routine, your attitude will brighten. And that attitude can help you get a job.

Stay busy volunteering during unemployment and you could discover a renewed sense of purpose, a full resume, and a link into a job.

Leigh Harris has been a career and personal development coach for 15 years, 5 years in nonprofit organizations. In her spare time she volunteers, with satisfaction, for two organizations. Visit her her website http://www./
重点词
  • enthusiasm [in'θju:zi?z?m, in'θu:-]
    n. 热心,热忱,热情
  • clarify ['kl?rifai]
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    adj. 有意义的;意味深长的
  • motivation [,m?uti'vei??n]
    n. 动机;积极性;推动
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    n. 洞察力;洞悉
  • passionate ['p???nit]
    adj. 热情的;热烈的,激昂的;易怒的
  • volunteer [,v?l?n'ti?]
    n. 志愿者;志愿兵; adj. 志愿的; vi...
  • renew [ri'nju:]
    vt. 使更新;续借;复兴;重申; vi. 更新...
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如何利用志愿者工作创造就业机会

    志愿者工作为我们提供了一个接触新人和锻炼新能力的机会。在失业时期,志愿者工作可能成为你再就业的“中介”,也可能会成为你找到下一份工作的“垫脚石”。

    1. 增加新的工作经验

    您个人简历中工作经验一栏内要怎么吸引用人单位的眼球呢?如果你失业了,那填写这一栏时,你可能大部分就空白一片了。因此,失业期间从事志愿者工作就可以填补这一空白。无论你失业2个月还是两年,在非盈利机构施展你的才华都可以不断更新你的工作经验。

    虽然志愿者工作可以作为工作经验,但是你还是要仔细想想在简历上如何对这个职位进行正确描述。尽管用人单位知道有多少人失业,但他们还是想知道你在失业期间是如何谋生的。有些志愿者职位无需描述,比如说“具有组织董事会的能力”。对于相对不太起眼的职位,可以这样描述:“活动策划、资金筹措等自愿者工作时间一周达到40小时”。这样描述就可以回避“志愿者”的职位问题。

    2. 提高自身技能

    当你自愿到一个新机构工作时,你要向他们展示你独特的才能,为提升自己的能力创造机会。你可能会是一位出色的组织管理者。为了更新你的工作经验,你可以帮助组织一次活动,以创新思想简化流程,给予活动总监宝贵的支持。

    如果你擅长建筑,那么你可以主动去像国际慈善机构仁人家园那样的地方工作。如果你专注于会计,那么非盈利机构和社区组织也会为你敞开大门,因为他们一直都需要理财人员和会计人才。无论是哪种情况,你都会学到宝贵的知识。

    3. 建立新的人脉

    当你从事自愿者工作时,你必然会见到很多不认识的人。你工作时的热情会感染那些人,而他们说不定就成了你未来的“贵人”。

    对其他志愿者一定要坦诚。千万别说,“等我找到工作后我就不干这个了。”这样无疑会贬低你和他们为这个组织所作的工作。你要这么说,“我目前没工作,但我想利用这个机会,在新机构展现自我才能。在此过程中,我可能会学到新知识,也可能找一份有偿的工作。哪怕找到新工作后,我还是希望继续做这份志愿者工作。”如果其他的志愿者知道(1)你正在找工作,并且(2)新工作找到后,你还想继续从事志愿者工作。这样他们更有可能为你提供工作机会。

    4. 增加你对目前生活的满意程度

    你可能会志愿去填补你个人简历内的空白,但是如果你发现某个你兴趣十足的机构和你信心十足的工作岗位,你可能会发现你对此非常满足。在日常的生活中也要有目标,这样你就会变得开朗,这样一种态度可能助你找到一份工作。

    失业期间让自己全身心用在志愿者工作上,你可能会重新找到自己的目标,充实自己的个人简历,从而找到一份工作。

    利·哈里斯从事职业与个人发展教练工作已经15年了,其中有5年就是在非盈利机构中度过的。在她的业余时间,她同时到两家机构做志愿者工作,她对此很满足。你可以通过登陆http://www./进一步了解她。

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    “如何利用志愿者工作创造就业机会”的两种看法

    利·哈里斯在2011年2月22日下午7点25分写到:

    瓦苏达:

    你到儿童学校从事志愿工作真是太了不起了了——这样会对这些孩子产生了强烈的影响。

    作为一名志愿者,该做的实在是太多了,而我们在有工作时是没有机会去做这些事情的。我非常赞同你的这一看法。很多机构都喜欢你这样富有激情的志愿者!如果你对教学感兴趣,就请告诉我。

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    瓦苏达在2011年2月22日上午5点53分作了如下回复:

    您一语道出了我的心里话。我辞了工作,差不多10年时间都在家带孩子,直到我最大的孩子开始上学,我才积极投身到学校做志愿者,现在我已经发现我学会了在前一份工作未曾用过的所有技能。

    我超级喜欢和孩子们在一起,可能会为成为一名伟大人民教师而继续努力。

    志愿者工作真的太有用了!

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