The professional value of unpaid work can be tremendous when it comes to filling the gap of time while unemployed. From networking opportunities to professional positioning, volunteering with an organization or company can lead to a variety of employment opportunities and definitely beats sitting waiting for callbacks for an interview.
You can enhance your business skills, learn a new trade, or widen your networking net — oftentimes while helping your community — via volunteer work, and even add the experience to your resume as valid and applicable skills to land your dream position.
AOL Jobs details three top reasons volunteering is not such a bad idea for job seekers and how it can ultimately contribute to career success and personal fulfillment.