We are no strangers to volunteering. After all, how do you think I got started building websites?
Fast Company posted Volunteering Will Save Your Career (Or Put You In A New One) today. The article discusses how companies are starting to value and highlight volunteering experience in addition to professional experience.
If you just left college, been on the job market for a while, or looking for a new career, volunteering may just provide that spring board into your next opportunity.
OK, we all know the cries of graduating seniors about the challenges of obtaining employment after college.
In addition to keeping you eyes peeled for opportunity, why not volunteer? Its how I got started.
For instance, If you are in the NYC area next week, Brandcamp is in need to volunteers.
You never know where your next opportunity may come from sometimes, you have to give a little to get back.
I participated in the Inaguration Ceremony Procession of Jeffrey Lehman, Cornell Alumni, Class of ’77 as the 11th President of Cornell University. I represented the Alumni of The College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
Went back to Cornell University to be on two Alumni Panels, one for the Office of Career Services and one for MOAAP (Minority Organization of Architecture, Art, and Planning). I also was a speaker for MOAAP speaking about my journey “from architecture to the web and beyond“.