Flexible Volunteering Offers New Twist to Resume-Building for College Students

Resume-building is on the minds of many college students as they return to campus this fall. An impressive resume can give students the edge they need to get the job they desire in today's highly competitive marketplace. Volunteering can be key, but most students can't squeeze structured volunteer jobs into their overwhelming schedules. Flexible volunteering can be the answer.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 8, 2006 -- College students hoping to dazzle potential employers with an impressive resume (www.charityguide.org/volunteer/motivation/resume-building.htm) need to have an edge in today’s highly competitive marketplace. One way to get that edge is through flexible volunteering.

Most college students have exhausting schedules; between going to class, doing lab work, studying, working a part-time job, and getting the occasional few hours’ sleep, there seems to be no time for doing “meaningful,” career-enhancing work that would be a perfect addition to their resume. The college students’ dilemma is a much-repeated one: to get a good job, they need experience; but to get experience they need a job.

Although doing volunteer work has long been promoted as an excellent way for college students to enhance their resume plus get relevant work experience, the grinding reality of campus life today makes it virtually impossible for most students to commit to a regularly scheduled volunteer experience.

Flexible volunteering can be the answer to many college students’ dilemma. Unlike traditional volunteer opportunities, which require people to show up on specific days at specified times at a particular location, flexible volunteer opportunities are those that individuals can do on their own schedule, when they have the time. For some students, that spare time is the fifteen or twenty minutes they spend riding the bus to their part-time job. For others, it may be a spare thirty minutes they can spend on the Internet in between classes. The unexpected free hour or two when a class is cancelled can also be put to productive use.

For the average college student, flexible volunteering is a logical, convenient answer to how to gain meaningful work experience when there just don't seem to be enough hours in the day. There are many conventional and online charity-related organizations offering a wide variety of traditional volunteer opportunities, but the concept of flexible volunteerism is a relatively new idea that addresses a need that has risen among today's ultra-busy population, especially college students, who want to gain experience, give something back to the community, but just can't seem to find the time.

Charity Guide has taken the idea of flexible volunteerism and given it energy and a web presence that is full of flexible volunteer ideas. College students who are looking for a way to build an impressive resume (www.charityguide.org/volunteer/motivation/resume-building.htm) with flexible volunteer experiences and feel good about it at the same time should visit CharityGuide.org (http://www.charityguide.org). Charity Guide offers busy college students a wide range of flexible volunteer activities in many categories – from environmental protection to children’s issues, animal welfare, health and safety, community development, and poverty. For information about flexible volunteer opportunities in these areas, plus more specific resume-building and volunteering tips, visit Charity Guide (http://www.charityguide.org).