Comments on: We’re so do-goody http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:18:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Michelle Goodman Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:56:34 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/#comment-1914 thanks, lily! thanks, lily!

]]> By: Lily http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/comment-page-1/#comment-1911 Lily Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/#comment-1911 I've learned a LOT from volunteering. My first employer encouraged me to get involved with as many non-profits as I could. REBUILDING TOGETHER SEATTLE (assisting low income and less able homeowners) taught me how to install copper water pipes, etc. and how to train and manage volunteers who have little to no construction skills. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION (enhancing the success of women in construction) gave me emotional strength to be successful as a project manager in a male dominated environment. If you're immersed into non-profits, you can learn quite a bit while helping others and adding to your own resume. It's a WIN-WIN situation. I’ve learned a LOT from volunteering. My first employer encouraged me to get involved with as many non-profits as I could. REBUILDING TOGETHER SEATTLE (assisting low income and less able homeowners) taught me how to install copper water pipes, etc. and how to train and manage volunteers who have little to no construction skills. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION (enhancing the success of women in construction) gave me emotional strength to be successful as a project manager in a male dominated environment. If you’re immersed into non-profits, you can learn quite a bit while helping others and adding to your own resume. It’s a WIN-WIN situation.

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/comment-page-1/#comment-1848 Michelle Goodman Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:21:08 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/#comment-1848 wow, back full circle. i hadn't even thought about that with you, n. but yeah, i love how volunteering blossoms into an entire career path. there are a bunch of people i interviewed (like you) who had that happen. go teamsters! wow, back full circle. i hadn’t even thought about that with you, n. but yeah, i love how volunteering blossoms into an entire career path. there are a bunch of people i interviewed (like you) who had that happen. go teamsters!

]]> By: naomi http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 naomi Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:49:38 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/#comment-1845 oh, and my current job is 2 blocks from the first homeless shelter i ever worked at! On my volunteer vacation! oh, and my current job is 2 blocks from the first homeless shelter i ever worked at! On my volunteer vacation!

]]> By: naomi http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 naomi Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:48:55 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/#comment-1844 my professional career has been based on my college volunteering experience. I went on a volunteer vacation called BreakAway, to Washington, DC, and worked in homeless shelters and gave out blankets and meals to homeless people in parks, over my spring break. Oh, and I paid for it too. After college, I moved to Seattle and worked in homeless shelters for a few years, then went to grad school for public policy. And now, several years later, I work for the Teamsters, helping workers try to have a better life. volunteering rules! my professional career has been based on my college volunteering experience. I went on a volunteer vacation called BreakAway, to Washington, DC, and worked in homeless shelters and gave out blankets and meals to homeless people in parks, over my spring break. Oh, and I paid for it too. After college, I moved to Seattle and worked in homeless shelters for a few years, then went to grad school for public policy. And now, several years later, I work for the Teamsters, helping workers try to have a better life.
volunteering rules!

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/comment-page-1/#comment-1840 Michelle Goodman Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:42:05 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/#comment-1840 yay for your company (and my client), ddv. that's cool. and you bring up a great point (totally discussed in le book): that helping build a school in a third-world country is a great way to get out of Dodge and see the world. for sure. yay for your company (and my client), ddv. that’s cool. and you bring up a great point (totally discussed in le book): that helping build a school in a third-world country is a great way to get out of Dodge and see the world. for sure.

]]> By: ddv http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/comment-page-1/#comment-1834 ddv Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:46:27 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/30/were-so-do-goody/#comment-1834 This is a great upward trend! Some companies (like mine) have started to match employee volunteer hours by giving the charity $17/hour for each hour an employee works. So the Charity gets the work performed and cash. Bonus! I do know that lots of grads enter into volunteer groups after college not necessarily to help others as their primary goal but rather a cheap way to see the world and to get some extra time before they had to start paying off those student loans. But at least those in need were getting help... ~ddv This is a great upward trend! Some companies (like mine) have started to match employee volunteer hours by giving the charity $17/hour for each hour an employee works. So the Charity gets the work performed and cash. Bonus!

I do know that lots of grads enter into volunteer groups after college not necessarily to help others as their primary goal but rather a cheap way to see the world and to get some extra time before they had to start paying off those student loans. But at least those in need were getting help…

~ddv

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