People choose to volunteer for
many reasons: some because they want to give something back to their community,
others to make a difference within it. We decided to volunteer at the Center for
Career Development as Career Peers because we wanted to become more involved on
and off campus. Furthermore, we wanted to improve our job search skills. Not
only did volunteering help us achieve our goals within the college, but we also
got the chance to help a lot of students, as well as participate in many events
and activities that made us grow. Before this opportunity, we lacked knowledge
of resume composition, career exploration, interview skills, internship
applications, dress codes for different occasions and general office duties.
Now, after one year of hard work and consistency, we have improved our skills
and learned so much. We want to be the example that can motivate other students
like us to follow the same pattern we followed in our years in college. Although volunteering doesn’t always guarantee
a stipend, or a paycheck there are so many benefits and achievements that go
well beyond the value of a wage. We were able to improve personal goals along
this journey by developing skills in working as a team, problem solving and time
management. We also got the chance to build a network of connections that
helped us reach employers and companies outside the college to increase our chances
to undertake our career paths now, while we are still in school. We hope that
our fellow students will understand the importance of doing this experience so
that like us, they can learn from it too.
-Francesco Polverazzi &
Gerardo Battiante
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