volunteering as career builder
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Volunteering as a Career Builder
Rachael Candee United Way of Central Indiana Robin Springstead Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne
Career Builder Toolkit: discussions and activities for today
Purpose: research trends and development
Toolkit content: assessments and activities
Experience the assessments and activities
Volunteer motivations
Volunteer service on resumes
Volunteer managers and volunteer skill development
Volunteerism and career debate
• Are we looking at the wrong issue?
• Do we really hire only for skills and abilities?
• Do volunteers care about the employment impacts?
• Can unemployed people really take time to focus on volunteerism?
• Can volunteer activities give employees the right skills?
Volunteerism and career research trends
• People want to work for companies that support volunteerism
• We perceive volunteerism as helping our career
• Nonprofits believe in the capacity building of skilled volunteers but don’t engage professional skills among volunteers overall
• Skilled volunteering is important to HR professionals, especially for those transitioning into careers
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Takeaways
• Volunteerism does help, but it does not help everyone in the same way
• The type of service performed by a job-seeking volunteer can matter in their job search
• Perception is key, both for volunteers and hiring managers
• Nonprofits and businesses see the value of skilled volunteer engagement but we do not do it well yet
• Volunteer managers play a role in the career-search
• How do we define our role?
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Toolkit content: overview
Sections
• Introduction
• Interests & Motivations
• Skills & Competencies
• Selecting a skill-building position
• Volunteering and your job search
• Volunteering on the job
• Tools for volunteer managers
Career Volunteer
Skills
Knowledge
Com
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Growth
Developm
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Interests
Motivations
Resume
Inte
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Assessment
Netw
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Position
Managem
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Cover letter
Abilities
Recruitment Advancement Training
Support
Toolkit
Job
Job search
Toolkit content: review of activities
Assessments & Activities
• Case studies
• Interests & Motivations
• Skills & Competencies
• Aligning volunteerism with professional goals
• Discussing volunteering in interviews/while networking
• Sample job-search documents
• Employee Volunteer Program Resources
• Sample volunteer management documents
Experience the assessments: volunteer motivations
Volunteer motivations assessment
• Recognizing our motivations matters
• Retention, growth, satisfaction
• Altruism is not the only reason to volunteer
• Finding the right position
• Complete the assessment
• Share with a partner: do your results surprise you?
• Why might this assessment matter to you?
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Experience the assessments: volunteer skills in career-search
Volunteer skills and your resume • Consider how you might develop a career
resume using volunteer experience
• What is a volunteer resume?
• In groups of 3-4, discuss these questions
• How would you describe a volunteer experience on the career resume? On a volunteer resume?
• What are best practices for using volunteer experience on a resume?
• Practice using the sample experiences on your own
• What do you prefer about either a regular resume or use of a volunteer resume?
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Experience the assessments
Why does volunteer position development matter?
How could a program benefit from focusing on volunteer development?
• Go back to your group of 3-4 people
• Practice developing a position that highlights skills needed and developed
• What benefits could a position like this provide to your organization?
• Where could you find training for the volunteer related to this position?
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Assessment’s value and toolkit use
Volunteering as a Career Builder Toolkit focuses on giving volunteers, volunteer managers and professionals, the opportunity to think about volunteerism in a new way.
Toolkit will be available electronically
How will this toolkit be used in the future?
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How to access to toolkit
Sign-up on the sheets being passed around!
Anticipated delivery: November 2013
Questions?
Thank you!
Sources
Third Sector Research Center. Paine, McKay & Moro, 7/2/2013
http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=tGaSOT2tnRU%3d&tabid=1016
Cambridge Policy Consultant. Links Between Employability and Volunteer. Hirst, 2001.
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/4618/1/RR309.pdf
Volunteering & Employability: Cause or Effect. Ellis. 8/2013
http://www.energizeinc.com/hot/2013/13aug.php
Deloitte. Volunteer IMPACT Research, 2004-2013
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/About/Community-Involvement/f0d3264f0b0fb110VgnVCM100000ba42f00aRCRD.htm
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