Why Volunteer?
Volunteering is valuable when exploring career areas and developing your career plan because it will help you:
- Build your existing skills and develop new skills
- Explore career areas of interest and learn about new career areas and the labour market
- Practice job search skills as you look for volunteer work and apply to volunteer positions
- Meet professionals that you can add to your network when looking for work
- Develop a list of work references to use
- It will add valuable experience to your resume which is valuable when looking for paid work.
