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Building your Resume through Civic Participation: looking to the future and finding you are prepared

Building your Resume through Civic Participation: looking to the future and finding you are prepared. Thursday, January 17 2008. Seattle University. Miriam Castro Laura Ceballos Bilingual Session – 4:15. Goals. Resources Volunteerism Representation. Why Volunteer. Why work for free?

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Building your Resume through Civic Participation: looking to the future and finding you are prepared

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  1. Building your Resume through Civic Participation: looking to the future and finding you are prepared Thursday, January 17 2008

  2. Seattle University • Miriam Castro • Laura Ceballos • Bilingual Session – 4:15

  3. Goals • Resources • Volunteerism • Representation

  4. Why Volunteer • Why work for free? • How can volunteering help you?

  5. Fact • Those graduating college still lack the skills needed to get a job.

  6. WHY • Lack of experience • Unprepared • Don’t know the right people.

  7. How can you… • Gain experience? • Become prepared? • Meet people? • You can Volunteer

  8. College? • College might be a long way off • What you do now • Strategic

  9. Strategic • Position yourself • Better job • Meaning • Higher pay • More leadership opportunities • Community visibility

  10. Why Volunteer? • Why work for free? • How will volunteering help?

  11. Volunteering • Show initiative • Shows responsibility • Resume/College entrance • Care • Demonstrate Passion • Find Passion • Passion helps direct

  12. Volunteering • Job offers • Character • Know who you are • Gain experience • Gain skills • References • Mentors (career & education direction)

  13. Volunteering • Involved in your community (decisions) • Represent • Opens doors (career, education, social issues) • Desire • Leadership • Helps gets you into college

  14. Volunteering • Self rewarding • Driven • Trouble free

  15. How to connect • www.craigslist.org • http://www.idealist.org/ • http://www.washingtoncan.org/ • http://www.therainiervalley.com/community_services.html • http://www.publicservicecareers.org/ • http://www.centerforcivicparticipation.org/matchmaker/jobs.html

  16. Resumes… • http://www.oberlin.edu/career/Resumes/resume.html • http://www.seattleu.edu/student/cdc/counseling/resume/

  17. Other Resources • Straight Forward Media Scholarships • http://www.straightforwardmedia.com • Fast Web Scholarship Database • www.fastweb.com • Resource Bag…

  18. Thank you • Miriam Castro – castrom@seattleu.edu • Laura Ceballos – ceballos@seattleu.edu Muchas Gracias

  19. Other Facts • Community service is now a requirement for graduation for some (most) high schools • Colleges/Universities take into consideration a students extracurricular activities • Increased chances of getting accepted • Advantageous to begin showing initiative now

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