By PRofessionals & Coffee | April 17, 2023
“Volunteerism is essential in every business, not strictly communications. It keeps you connected to your values and how you think about people in different life situations. Volunteering helps us connect with our Emotional Intelligence, and it is an important skill to develop.” – Bill Doern, President & Chief Imagineering Officer of Anamorphiq.
A few years of internships or work experience and a concluding diploma may be a good start to a career, but volunteerism offers you outstanding opportunities for professional development and personal growth in the long run. If you are looking for ways to enhance your professional profile and career, consider the following benefits of volunteering with PRofessionals & Coffee:
1. Brewing Networking Opportunities
Volunteering offers incredible opportunities to connect with new people from different backgrounds, allowing you to learn from their perspectives and grow as a person. By joining PRofessionals & Coffee, you can volunteer at a time that fits your schedule. You not only develop lifelong personal and professional relationships (friends), but you can also hear about job openings, gather insider employment information, and develop great references.
2. Retain and sharp skills
Volunteering is a perfect way to develop new skills and sharpen old ones. By volunteering with @PR&Coffee, you will be able to apply your knowledge and skills to a variety of situations and challenges, reinforcing them while you also develop new abilities and learn from your peers. These same skills can then be applied in turn to other volunteer opportunities or future job positions.
3. Develop new skills
Volunteering represents the perfect opportunity to get out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to do new things and develop new skills. Employers often seek well-rounded individuals with good teamwork and goal-setting skills, and volunteering at PRofessionals & Coffee is a great way to learn group dynamics and teamwork. Planning the logistics for a virtual coffee chat and participating in the production of this networking event can develop goal-setting, leadership, research, and broadcasting skills. And planning the social media calendar posts helps develop creativity and project and time management skills. Overall, volunteering with PRofessionals & Coffee offers unlimited opportunities to cultivate new skills that can enhance your career and make your resume stand out from the pack.
4. Build a portfolio
Volunteering with PRofessionals & Coffee helps you build a portfolio you can present during your co-op/internship/work interview. Through volunteering/working with us, you will be able to develop a portfolio of virtual coffee chats that will allow you to demonstrate to potential employers that you possess valuable skills in the realm of public speaking and broadcasting. You can also be involved in writing an article of your interest or developing one of our coffee chat recaps.
5. Practice skills in a relatively risk-free environment
Volunteering for PRofessionals & Coffee (PR & Coffee) is an excellent place to experiment, practice, and try out new techniques and skills. It offers you the opportunity to build your self-confidence through practice. Additionally, you can observe others and select the best practices that you think will work for you. Overall, you can stretch yourself in a new way to benefit your career.
6. Expand new horizons
Volunteering with us is a perfect way to explore new fields if you are considering a career change. Sometimes a volunteer experience can lead you to something you never even thought about or help you discover a skill or interest you were unaware of. With Professionals & Coffee, you can strengthen your personal/professional mission by exploring opportunities and expanding your horizons.
7. Giving you visibility
Volunteering with PRofessionals & Coffee gives you visibility through our presence on 9 different social media networks. If you are a job seeker and want to be ahead of most other candidates, volunteer work can expose you to a wide range of people, including many robust and influential community leaders and marketers, as well as communications, media relations, and social media professionals.
8. Documenting skills in a resume
Volunteering demonstrates workplace skills, management skills, customer service skills, and leadership skills that can all be documented in a resume. Volunteer work supports building experience, broadening character, and establishing balance in life. According to a survey of Fortune 500 companies, 90% of executives believed volunteering helped build teamwork and provided valuable professional development opportunities.
Life is a great journey; you never know where it will take you. Stop being a passive traveller and start volunteering. You can develop new skills to enhance your professional life while expanding your perspective on life and growing. No fees and no tuition are necessary to volunteer with PRofessionals & Coffee. All we ask for is your time and energy commitment, and you will be on your way.
If you are an international/domestic student, newcomer, recent graduate, mid-career, or someone with plenty of years of experience who is eager to tell their story or wants to develop their own skills, portfolio, and networking, please visit our YouTube channel to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/@professionalsandcoffee/videos or email us at: [email protected]
