Employers value experience more than any other thing you can offer. If you are a graduate job seeker lacking in relevant practical experience, it is worth investigating voluntary opportunities. Voluntary work can be an essential prerequisite for entering careers such as social work where you are required to have detailed knowledge of work activities, proof of particular skills and empathy with clients, but can also count a great deal in the creative industries. Helping mount exhibitions, being a ‘runner’ in a graphics studio, a photographic assistant, or taking part in unpaid theatrical performances will be seen as hugely beneficial in career development. Arranging foreign travel, teaching English as a foreign language and developing small hand-craft industries will give you new skills that will serve you for life and enhance your career prospects. For further information go to the public and voluntary sector community or look at Do-it.

Voluntary Work and Gap Years

Employers value experience more than any other thing you can offer. If you are a graduate job seeker lacking in relevant practical experience, it is worth investigating voluntary opportunities.

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