## Introduction
The purpose of this guide is to provide advice on how to include volunteer experience on a resume.
This document is intended to be used as a reference guide for those who are new to volunteer work and are unsure of the best way to include it on their resume. It is not intended as a substitute for advice from a professional resume writer or career counsellor.
## Purpose of this Document
Volunteer experience can be an important part of your resume. However, it is important to ensure that you include it in a way that makes it easy for a recruiter or hiring manager to see the value you bring to the organization. This guide will provide you with some tips on how you can include your volunteer experience in a meaningful way on your resume that will help you to stand out from the crowd.
It is also important to remember that your resume is only one of many pieces of information that will be used to make a hiring decision. If you are applying for a job at a non-profit organization, you will be competing with thousands of other applicants for the limited number of jobs available. Your resume will only be one part of the hiring decision process, and you need to make sure that you are doing everything you can to make yourself stand out in the crowd and be the best candidate for the job.
## How to use this document
Use this document as a guide to help you understand how to write your resume to make it as easy as possible for a hiring manager or recruiter to see your value. This document is not meant to be a substitute or replacement for professional resume writing services.
## Tips for writing your resume
Include your volunteer experiences in your resume in the same way that you would include any other experience that you have had. This means that you should include the following:
– A description of the volunteer experience, including the name of the organization, the dates of the experience, the type of volunteer work you did, and the skills that you developed as a result of your experience
– An explanation of how your experience relates to the job you are trying to get
– Examples of how you used the skills you developed from your volunteer work
– References to any awards or recognitions you received for your work as a volunteer
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I would be happy to help.
## Tips for Writing Your Resume
– Make sure that your experience is relevant
– Your resume is not the place to talk about all of the things you have done in your life. You only need to include the experiences that are relevant to the position you are looking to get. If your experience does not relate to what the organization is looking for, then it will not help you stand out.
– Make your resume easy to read
Your resume should be written in an easy-to-read font such as Arial, Times New Roman, or Calibri. Make sure that the font size is large enough so that it is easy to see. You should also try to limit the amount of text on each page to two or three lines of text. This will make it easier for recruiters and hiring managers to scan through your resume and make a decision about whether or not to contact you for an interview. You can always add more information to your resume later, but it will be more difficult to do so if you have too much text on a single page.
– Use bullet points
Bullet points are a great way to make your resume easier to read. Bullet points are also a good way to organize your experience.
You can also use bullets to describe the skills and knowledge that you gained from your experience, as shown in the following example:
– Volunteered at the animal shelter for one year
– Developed a strong understanding of animal welfare and animal shelter operations
– Worked with shelter manager to improve shelter operations and operations of other shelters in the area
– Received recognition from shelter manager for my efforts
Bullets can also be useful when you have a lot of experience to describe, as in the example below:
– Volunteered at a homeless shelter for three years
– Developed an understanding of the needs of the homeless population
– Worked with the director of the shelter to develop a program to help the homeless
– Received recognition from the director for the program
## References
References should be included at the end of the resume. References can be included on a separate sheet of paper, or you can put them at the bottom of the last page of your résumé. References should be listed in alphabetical order by last name, and include the title of the person you are referring to, the organization they work for, the position they hold, and their telephone number.
You should include at least three references. The more references you include, the more likely you are to get a call from a potential employer. You may want to include more than three references, depending on the size of your organization and the number of people that you work with.