Community Service Experience is a valuable addition to your college career, giving you a competitive edge against other job applicants. Here are just a few reasons why you should get involved:

Gain Career and Resume Experience

Volunteering allows you to experience the real world through hands-on work. These experiences will help you direct your interests within your major and career, providing you with a rewarding opportunity that is often over-looked. Additionally, these invaluable experiences can also be used as stories for your personal statement and cover letter when transferring to four year universities or applying for jobs.

Meet References or Important Contacts

Volunteering, whether it be servings meals at homeless shelters, mentoring children, or assisting the elderly, puts you in contact with valuable people from your community. This gives you a great chance to make connections with people who have different insights and backgrounds. They could become important references to use for enhancing your resume or job references.

Develop Marketable Skills

Trough volunteering you gain and acquire skills that will be helpful in any kind of job or experience, whether it be interpersonal communication and leadership skills to planning events and marketing. Volunteering puts you in contact with a diverse set of people and the experience working with diversity and people of all backgrounds is important in any job situation.

Paint a Positive Image of Yourself

By giving up your time to help others, you are painting a positive image for yourself, showing that you are an active, caring citizen. Companies are increasingly incorporating a sense of corporate citizenship into their culture, which makes them value applicants who have volunteer experience.