Doing Volunteer Work Is Actually Useful & Can Help You Network To Make More Money

[SirReginald]

I'm not here to bore you like before lol However, I will keep my threads about work and etc.


Anyway, volunteering can help you land a career/or at least get your foot in the door. You have a lot of people who think volunteering is thankless work.....it's not Even though I feel we need more of our people from the hood and lower income to be involved in grassroots political events/groups, but I digress They have different types of things you can volunteer for. For example, for my brehs who do IT and coding/web design. Also, my PT/Fitness brehs. That's how you make connections.


I even had my own associates tell me once that volunteering was pointless

 

[mamba]

Truth

 

[SirReginald]

P.S. you could get more freelance gigs that way too.

 

[SirReginald]

BUMP

 

[.r.]

Any tips??

 

[Bubba T]

Yeah a lot of people know this. Generally when looking at resumes it becomes a talking point in interviews. You also can meet people who are either in a position of power or a position of influence and that can help you network.

It’s not about what you know, but who you know.

 

[SirReginald]

Yeah a lot of people know this. Generally when looking at resumes it becomes a talking point in interviews. You also can meet people who are either in a position of power or a position of influence and that can help you network.

It’s not about what you know, but who you know.

EXACTLY this.

Any tips??

Start doing more volunteering gigs and sell yourself/network at them.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

I will volunteer in my community but I am not volunteering to work for free and think people will value that. We live in an exploitative capitalistic society that doesn't give a rat's ass about volunteer or free labor. You have too much faith in humanity. People by and large only give a shyt about themselves and their profits. Why pay you for something you did for free without me asking for it? You give me something for free expecting something in return is not VOLUNTEER or working for free. You are still doing a quid pro quo thing.

Go to a community center, mentor, clean up your own neighborhood, but don't ever think that someone is going to hire you because you work for free. All I see is a sucker who is expendable and a liability to my companies insurance if things go awry.

Internships, which I believe is what you are speaking of, are good if you are working with a reputable company. But you should learn the difference between interns and volunteer work.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I will volunteer in my community but I am not volunteering to work for free and think people will value that. We live in an exploitative capitalistic society that doesn't give a rat's ass about volunteer or free labor. You have too much faith in humanity. People by and large only give a shyt about themselves and their profits. Why pay you for something you did for free without me asking for it? You give me something for free expecting something in return is not VOLUNTEER or working for free. You are still doing a quid pro quo thing.

You are looking at this from a very narrow transactional point of view. Sometimes it's just good to build connections with people, even if they don't render an immediate monetary payback. Sometimes it's good to turn off the mindset that you are the most important person in the universe. Etc.

Plus it's documented that volunteers are usually people with money + in higher places. It's part of a "keep busy" mindset and it's a byproduct of the leisure time afforded to people with higher incomes. Stop fixating on not getting "used" and think about bigger picture benefits.

 

[SirReginald]

I will volunteer in my community but I am not volunteering to work for free and think people will value that. We live in an exploitative capitalistic society that doesn't give a rat's ass about volunteer or free labor. You have too much faith in humanity. People by and large only give a shyt about themselves and their profits. Why pay you for something you did for free without me asking for it? You give me something for free expecting something in return is not VOLUNTEER or working for free. You are still doing a quid pro quo thing.

Go to a community center, mentor, clean up your own neighborhood, but don't ever think that someone is going to hire you because you work for free. All I see is a sucker who is expendable and a liability to my companies insurance if things go awry.

Internships, which I believe is what you are speaking of, are good if you are working with a reputable company. But you should learn the difference between interns and volunteer work.

Breh, I been on this Earth for 23 (going on 24) years. I know what internships are. My point is that by networking you will get some opportunities if you promote yourself well enough. Also, I don't consider getting involved in local and state political affairs/grassroots as free work. Yes, we live in a capitalistic society, but you can semi-win in this system if you play your cards right.

I definitely disagree with the people who do volunteer work in their area are suckers. Also, there's different types of volunteer work.

 

[SirReginald]

You are looking at this from a very narrow transactional point of view. Sometimes it's just good to build connections with people, even if they don't render an immediate monetary payback. Sometimes it's good to turn off the mindset that you are the most important person in the universe. Etc.

Plus it's documented that volunteers are usually people with money + in higher places. It's part of a "keep busy" mindset and it's a byproduct of the leisure time afforded to people with higher incomes. Stop fixating on not getting "used" and think about bigger picture benefits.

THIS here

 

[Rekkapryde]

Truth

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

You are looking at this from a very narrow transactional point of view. Sometimes it's just good to build connections with people, even if they don't render an immediate monetary payback. Sometimes it's good to turn off the mindset that you are the most important person in the universe. Etc.

Plus it's documented that volunteers are usually people with money + in higher places. It's part of a "keep busy" mindset and it's a byproduct of the leisure time afforded to people with higher incomes. Stop fixating on not getting "used" and think about bigger picture benefits.

Exactly. Volunteers are usually people with money and in higher places AKA not poor or in poverty. If you are trying to get your foot in the door and get some stability I am not passing out free work. Volunteering while you are an adult still living at home is a bad look, no matter how you spin it.

And it's not a narrow perspective, its the one that uses the least amount of assumptions in this situation (Occam's Razor). You assume a lot about people. And plus look at it from a company's POV. I am not letting some volunteer come in, do work that I am liable for, etc.

My point is that by networking you will get some opportunities if you promote yourself well enough.

Network on a job while getting paid. I work on a college campus around nothing but people your age. Sometimes you just need to listen to folks and maybe you won't be settling for semi-wins in life.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Exactly. Volunteers are usually people with money and in higher places AKA not poor or in poverty. If you are trying to get your foot in the door and get some stability I am not passing out free work. Volunteering while you are an adult still living at home is a bad look, no matter how you spin it.

And it's not a narrow perspective, its the one that uses the least amount of assumptions in this situation (Occam's Razor). You assume a lot about people. And plus look at it from a company's POV. I am not letting some volunteer come in, do work that I am liable for, etc.

You are talking about volunteering at a corporation or something. Nobody is talking about that We are talking about volunteering at soup kitchens and shyt. There are a lot of nonprofit organizations that are often centered around some kind of industry. NSBE is a good example. They do a lot of work in outreach to kids from elementary school up into the collegiate realm. Lot of industry heavy hitters in their ranks as well. They generally meet after hours. You have to pay to be a part of it. But there's a lot of value in it.

 

[It is a mystery]

Sometimes without any experience at all, you aren't getting a job to network in the job with. Volunteering positions are easy af to get and you have something to speak about in interviews and on a resume

My old career path was jumpstarted by a volunteer position