[humanser] work experience?

[Georgia Cabus]

Hi Ana,

My best idea I can share to you is find your niche first. Social work is
B-R-O-A-D and if you think of volunteering, its coming from your
willingness. Find your interest, where your passion really drives you.
Something you will still do even if there is no possibility of getting a
monetary reward. You'll do yourself and that organization a huge favor
because you do not want to give a less than full percent of your effort
then the experience and job did not got done or the quality of the result
turned out less.

Plus you won't get that feeling of discouragement because you kinda just
got bored in the process and doidn't want to say 'no' since its 'a good
cause'.

Do not just go grab all whatever experience because they happened to be
there. Your time is valuable too and it will be a great practice for you to
learn how to prioritize things and be ready once you really step out there.

Some things I do, I try to get more info on the volunteer or any event I go
to. It does help and most cases they have websites and you'll find their
mission vision etc etc. You want to be an 'asset' vs a 'liability' as how
job interviewers ask 'how can you be an asset to the company?'

I don't want to imagine being in a surgery room then I wanted to be a
lawyer... lol so make sure you enjoy what you do and good luck!

Regards,

Georgia

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 11:05 PM Susan Tabor via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Oh, and every experience, whether volunteer or paid, is an opportunity for
> networking and for broadening your network of contacts and resource people.
> All the Best,
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HumanSer <humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of JD Townsend via
> HumanSer
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> Your experience should help you to broaden your mind.  As such anything
> will work.
>
> I volunteered on a telephone hotline, but others have volunteered with day
> care or with seniors.  Do whatever you enjoy and the experiences will all
> filter into your new career.
>
> JD
>
>        John D Townsend, LCSW
> Licensed Clinical Social Worker  (SW3765) Daytona Beach  FL   USA
>
>
> From: Ana Martinez via HumanSer
> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 11:38 AM
> To: humanser at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Ana Martinez
> Subject: [humanser] work experience?
>
> Hi all, I have a question. As a college student majoring in social work,
> what kind of volunteer or work experience would be usefull to have in order
> to enhance my resume and secure employment in the future?
>
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