Volunteering Workshop
Volunteering has always been about helping other
people, but do you realise how much it can help you?
David Ward
(Head of Centre for Management, Business and
Professional Development)
Scott Kendall
(Graduate Assistant)
Session Objectives
• Consider how you can utilise volunteering to
benefit you personally and professionally
• Provide a context of practice – the University
of St Mark and St John (Marjon)
• Provide details and links for further
information & opportunities
• Start looking at yourself like a product which
you need to develop in order to sell and
secure future employment.
The Bigger Picture...think ahead!
73% of employers would employ a candidate
with volunteering experience over one who
doesn’t
94% of employees who volunteered to learn
new skills had benefitted by getting their first job,
improving their salary, or being promoted
Currently, each graduate vacancy attracts an
average of 83 applicants to one job application.*
* Higher Education White Paper June 2011
How are you going to get there?
• In groups of 3 / 4, make a list of the types of
jobs you would like to get
• Identify the barriers that may stop you from
getting those jobs
• Identify some good volunteering
opportunities
• Identify the benefits of volunteering
– Feedback to the group
The journey….
I don’t have
any
experience in
sport…
A Levels
I’ve graduated
University
Dream
job
in Sport
Graduate
Job
You will need to consider how you develop professionally (i.e. by getting
qualifications) and personally (i.e. by volunteering)
Strategic Volunteering – Stage 1
• Consider how you are going to
‘plug’ the gaps in your CV (think
about the job you want, maybe
take a look at the job description).
Stage 2 – Start the process and
volunteer
• Identify the types of organisations that will provide you with
the necessary experience and skills that you need
Research
Contact
Meet
“We believe young people if supported can realise their dreams and make a positive
contribution to society and volunteering is the perfect way to make this happen. Never
has this been more important than now with unemployment soaring especially for the
young population.” Nigel Trood. CEO, Red Bull (Vinspired, 2014)
Stage 3 - Don’t huddle with the
sheep!
Stand out from the flock!
Stage 4 – Be recognised
• Volunteering may lead to future employment
with that organisation
• Ensure you log what you’re doing, employers
like to know what you’ve done
“As an employer, I'm always keen to look for things in people outside
the ordinary. Exam results are important of course, but we're also
looking for other skills and other attributes. If somebody has
volunteering on their CV, they are more likely to be attractive to
potential employers.” Peter Bull, HSBC (Vinspired, 2014)
Stage 5 – Recognising the product
Sell the
product
Reflect on
experience
and skills
Recognising
the end
product
What do HEI’s offer – University of St
Mark and St John
Underground is our collective name for the group of activities that exist in the
University to promote enterprise, education, employability and experience.
UnderGround as a concept is about journeys, but most importantly it’s about the
destination.
Enterprise boot camps, Pitch for a Pint, incubation units, exchange, volunteering
Our logo, represents a mass of experiences, that don’t always happen in the right
order that coexist with each other, that overlap and make us all what we are today
and what we aspire to be tomorrow.
Begin with the End in Mind
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Give To Sport
• Give to Sport is a Networking Tool for Plymouth and the
Peninsular. Give to Sport hopes to make sports volunteering
easier and aims to increase the number of qualified and
recognised individuals in sport in Plymouth and the region.
• Free weekly newsletter advertising paid and voluntary sport
related jobs, courses and bursaries
• Online resource with information on sports science,
nutrition, strength & conditioning, training, sports
psychology, time management and goal setting
@Give_To_Sport
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Get Recognition!
Certificates for 50 & 100 hours of
volunteering.
This Summer
Two Summer Schools are
available:
• Sport and Outdoor
Education
• Media, Creative Arts and
Live Music
For more information and to register for the Summer School contact:
T: 01752 636727
W: www.marjon.ac.uk
E: outreach@marjon.ac.uk
University OPEN DAYS and Sports
Masterclass
• Sports Masterclass 18 June 2014
• Open Days:
Saturday 21 June 2014
Saturday 18 October 2014
Saturday 22 November 2014
Thank you
Any questions?
Contact details
David Ward
E: dward@marjon.ac.uk
T: 01752 636883 (ext:2083)
Scott Kendall
E: skendall@marjon.ac.uk
T: 01752 636700 (ext: 5533)