Benefits of Being a Volunteer

1. It gives you the opportunity to practice and develop your social skills
2. Improve your chances of employability
   • You show that you can commit to a good cause
   • Not afraid to accept challenges
3. Help them help you- build networks
   • Strengthens ties with the community and expands your support network, bringing people together with common interests who can contribute to your training  with their specialties and trajectories
4. Volunteering can help you advance your career
   • Volunteering gives you the opportunity to practice important skills necessary for many jobs, even if your profession is not directly related to your volunteer work
   • Have experience in real life situations is a plus for company recruiters
5. Learn different things from a diversity of people
6. Makes you reflect on and rethink your goals
   • One more step to advancing your growth as a person
7. Volunteering reduces the risk of depression