Professional Volunteer Opportunities

Professional volunteering helps you retain and sharpen old skills or develop new skills. It can help you expand your horizons and explore new career options. Professional volunteering offers incredible networking opportunities. Volunteering in your community allows you to meet new people, including community leaders. You don't have to join a club or attend meetings. You can volunteer at a time that fits your schedule. You not only develop lifelong personal and professional relationships (friends), you can also hear about job openings, gather insider employment information and develop great references.

Volunteering in a professional program is just a different way to help people. If you are thinking about your future, if you have just started (or finished) your college education, or are simply a little bit tired of your current job. You can join a volunteer professional program. Here are some of the benefits:

• If you are looking for a job, keep in mind that when potential employers conduct interviews and review resumes, they will look for signs that you are a motivated, disciplined individual who can adapt to new situations and environments. The fact that you were willing to offer your services, unpaid, demonstrates motivation, and will allow you to stand out from other applicants.
• Volunteer work develops important skills such as teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and task management. In general, you develop valuable personal and professional skills, and this experience provides you with know-how in a particular professional area.
• Sometimes people come to volunteer in programs completely distinct from their current field of work, and volunteering offers the opportunity to try out a new career without making a long-term commitment.