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Raise your hand if you have volunteered time for your child\u2019s school PTA, your local library, hospital, the charity of choice.\u2028\u00a0\u2028Now raise your hand if you\u2019ve doubted that your volunteer experience means much of anything in the \u201creal world.\u201d\u2028\u00a0\u2028Now raise your hand if there\u2019s also some part of you that is ready to get paid.\u2028\u00a0\u2028Even if you only raised your hand once, the world is waiting for you.<\/p>\n
This is the profile of so many of the amazing women we work with. \u2028\u2028While attending a back to work conference last month I got some intel on LinkedIn \u2013 now the tool that 80% of recruiters and hiring managers use to find talent. A recent meta-study of LinkedIn data showed that 41% of all recruiters consider volunteer work experience equal to professional experience.<\/strong> \u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n Now, understanding that you may not want to: a) dust off those office pumps and b) go the straight and narrow path back to accounting, what this statistic tells me is that for all of those women who thought they were invisible, you\u2019re not only visible but competitive.\u2028 \u2028Mostly, it\u2019s just a matter of taking your experience and using language that the hiring manager can hear. \u2028\u2028So, \u201cran annual elementary school fundraiser\u201d turns into \u201cmanaged team of six committee leads and 30 volunteers to exceed annual fundraising goal of $500,000 by 15%.\u2028 \u2028 (Oh, and that you\u2019re going to solve problems and be easy to work with.)\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n For those of you who aspire to be your own boss, executive skills \u2013 all of which you\u2019ve been using every day while running your family \u2013 are transferable to just about any small business.\u2028 \u2028So there you have it. The opportunities are there for the taking.\u2028\u2028 Game on.<\/p>\n My best,<\/p>\n Sheilah <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/thesummitinc.com\/contact\/” button_text=”CONTACT US” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#b0cbdc” button_font=”||||||||” background_layout=”dark”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_post_nav title_font_size=”16px” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ title_font=”|700|||||||”][\/et_pb_post_nav][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Raise your hand if you have volunteered time for your child\u2019s school PTA, your local library, hospital, the charity of choice.\u2028\u00a0\u2028Now raise your hand if you\u2019ve doubted that your volunteer experience means much of anything in the \u201creal world.\u201d\u2028\u00a0\u2028Now raise your hand if there\u2019s also some part of you that is ready to get paid.\u2028\u00a0\u2028Even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3,30,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Founder & CEO, The Summit<\/p>\nIf you would like my help translating your volunteer experience to marketable skills, let me know!<\/strong><\/h3>\n