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Personal Finance Tip of the Day:
Six Reasons You Should Volunteer Your Way to A Job
By Kerry Hannon, Contributer Forbes
This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing three retirees, who are working part-time jobs they love– for pay.
All three were hired after spending time as a volunteer. One is a ranger with the National Park Service, another does social work at a hospital, and one pours wine in a tasting room at a winery in Walla Walla, WA.
I know you’re probably looking for full-time work, but it reminded me once again of the advice I like to give anyone who is out of work and feeling hopeless, frustrated, or simply pissed off at answering the question: How’s the job hunt going?
Go do something for someone else. (Okay, I know wine pouring isn’t exactly charity work.)
I recently learned that baby boomers today have the highest volunteer rate of any age group. They also volunteer at higher rates than past generations did when they were the same age, according to a report by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Here’s why it’s in your best interest to volunteer if you’re looking for work right now.
To read the entire article from Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryhannon/2012/06/30/six-reasons-you-should-volunteer-your-way-to-a-job/
Inspirational Quotes@Inspire_Us from Twitter:
Four things for success: work & pray, think & believe. -Norman Peale
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