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Volunteering in hopes of being hired full-time...
Has anyone done this? I'm interested in starting a career in social services fields, and I'm wondering if it may give me a 'leg up' on other applicants to do some volunteer work with the organization I want to be with. Has anyone had success doing this? I guess my fear is to start devoting my evenings and some weekends then not having it pay off 6months-a year down the road. Thoughts?
Re: Volunteering in hopes of being hired full-time...
I did this and it didn't work for me. (I did it at two separate places).
They just use you for what you can give. It is like "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
That said, I think you need to find a place with an opening, volunteer there for a very specific period of time, then mention how you are interested in the job. Don't bother volunteering someplace there are not openings if your ultimate goal is to get hired.
That said, now that I have my own business, I have done free work and that has worked out well for me.
HTH!
I think it depends on a lot of things. It will never be wasted time and even if you don't get hired at thier agency, you will have experiance in that social service field that you can use when applying for other jobs.
Depending on what job you are looking for, you'll first have to make sure your education matches the minimum requirements. If you are qualified for a position, I think most agencies prefer to hire someone familiar with the agency and who is already trained. They probably won't create a job just to hire you, but if you are a good fit at the agency, it should be easier to get hired.
I volunteered before going to grad school to get my MSW and although I did not get jobs from those positions, they prepared me for my first social service job and for grad school. I still list them on my resume because they are specialty areas in social work and they provided me with good experiance.
Ditto the bold part. My co-worker is an example... volunteered for about 3 months, get got hired on part time for 6 months, just started full-time this week because someone resigned. It took that long for a position to open up. (2 other staff started PT first, then went FT later as the budgets allowed.) Coworkers BA is in English, so nothing really related to what she does everyday. One of the main reasons she got on so quick... already had the agency training done! Just had to train her for job specifics.
You can always put volunteer experience down on your resume. Heck, I still put a college internship on my resume because I ended up working there after graduating... shows my "commitment."
Make sure that any volunteering you do is something either your heart really loves or is an agency you might want to be at. Don't work with preschoolers if you can't stand them, but really want to be an advocate for the elderly in the end.
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it definitely depends. The first thing is if you are an all star volunteer, like you help get an awesome new program off the ground, you are reliable, you help out in other aspects of the agency, you attend fundraisers to support the agency, you attend annual events etc. Then I can see getting noticed and recommended for employment.
if you come, do your job, leave, you will probably never be noticed by management.
I love to hire our all star interns and volunteers. I actually prefer to do that because I have an idea of what to expect from them. But volunteers/interns who fade into the background don't even occur to me during the interview process.
At the very least though, volunteering will give you more professional experience and most social service agencies send their volunteers to training, which would also look great on your resume.
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