Here is how volunteering can boost employability
Employers like people with initiative – if you are a student or a recent college graduate and you don’t have much to include in your CV, then the experience you had as a volunteer will help you. Young people who go through such an experience during their studies are very well seen by employers, they appreciate people with initiative. Moreover, from the experience as a volunteer, the employer can realize how organized you are, given that involvement in such activities forces you to divide between courses, seminars, and your role in the community you belong to. You can check our Discovery Training program here Discovery’s Training Programme – Discovery SVS.
You can create your own projects from scratch – another advantage of volunteering is that you can set up a project of your own, starting from an idea. You have all the freedom to try, to test. And in this way, you will realize if you can work in such an environment and if you can organize both yourself and those in the team you work with.
Teamwork will become very easy – as a volunteer you have the opportunity to work with different people, but the goals connect you. And if you haven’t done this before or you’re a shy person who doesn’t speak in public, then you’ll see that you meet more people like you here. And together you will be able to develop both beautiful projects and the ability to work in a team, to collaborate, to communicate, and to share the merits. Such an experience will teach you to work collectively, and in the future, you will adapt more easily to different personalities of people.
It prepares you for the recruitment process – a volunteer who has already been accepted into a non-profit organization should not be afraid of the emotions of an interview, difficult questions, or stressful situation, because he has already gone through a process similarly, where he had to show that he really wanted to make a change and that he identified with the mission and culture of the organization. These aspects must also be reached during a job interview: you must convey confidence, be in control of yourself and your knowledge and convince yourself that you are the most suitable candidate for the desired position.
Check Jack’s Story- Discovery Student Volunteering – YouTube for some insights and find out how you can get involved on our website: How to Volunteer – Discovery SVS.
