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Do Community Service to Get Hired

By Deborah Williams

If the fulfillment that comes from serving others is not enough motivation for your college graduate to embrace community service volunteering, then the results of a new survey might change his or her mind.   A recent post by Nader Salass on The Huffington Post The Third Metric section reports that college graduates who volunteer might have an advantage when being considered for employment.  “The Deloitte Volunteer Impact Survey reveals that skilled and dedicated volunteer work makes college graduate job candidates more appealing to human resources executives.”
The Deloitte Volunteer Impact Survey revealed a big discrepancy between hiring managers and potential employees.  This survey showed that “skilled and dedicated volunteer work makes college graduate job candidates more appealing to human resources executives.”  Surprisingly, about 81 percent of hiring managers believe that volunteer work made graduates more attractive as potential hires, but only 46 percent of the college students who were surveyed thought that volunteering could improve their chances of getting hired.  The results are similar for military service members.  “The study found that 78 percent of hiring managers found returning military veterans with volunteer experience more appealing” while “…only 48 percent of military personnel had considered volunteering at a nonprofit.”
Millennials who are college graduates should consider volunteering to ramp up their resumé