Volunteering & Your CV
How to Put Volunteering on Your CV
Through volunteering, you will have the chance to develop the sorts of skills that employers look for when recruiting graduates or that might be useful when applying for further study.
Interview Questions and Your Volunteering
You might find it useful to use the following questions to make a record of your personal development. Think about examples from your volunteering and make some notes of occasions where you have demonstrated these skills. Revisit these pages every month or so during your volunteering and add to them.
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Have you worked as part of a team? What have you learnt about team work? Have you had to improve your time management? In what ways have you had to organise yourself as a volunteer?
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Which different people have you had to communicate with – both verbally and in writing? Why were you communicating with them?
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Have you had to negotiate with anyone – and if so, what have you learnt about your own abilities as a negotiator?
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Have you had to be adaptable as a volunteer? In what ways? In what ways have you had to use your own initiative?
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What problems have you had to deal with in the course of your volunteering? How did you overcome them?
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Are there any additional skills you have acquired?
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Did you have to show leadership skills as a volunteer? Did you have any special areas of responsibility?
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What qualities and attitudes have you needed in order to make a success of your volunteering?
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What have you most enjoyed about volunteering? What are you proudest of?