Volunteer for Experience

Volunteering can offer you some invaluable experience, networking opportunities, and can really enhance your job prospects! The information offered here is designed to help you make the most out of your volunteering, whether that be by improving your CV or opening up new career possibilities that you might never have considered.

Transferable Skills from Volunteering

There are a whole range of transferable skills you can gain from volunteering. Here are some skills that volunteering can help you build and develop.

Careers is the NGO sector

Ever thought about a career in the charitable or non-governmental sector?
There are a number of websites with career information and they also advertise jobs in the sector:
 
In Ireland: www.activelink.ie
In the US: www.idealist.org
In the UK: http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/

Career Development Centre, NUI Galway

Call into the Career Development Centre on campus to learn more about transferable skills and how to build your volunteering into your CV.

How to Put Volunteering on Your CV

Ensure you not only mention your volunteering on your CV but also prepare to talk in an interview about your volunteering experience.