Volunteering: Gain experience while doing good

Recruiters agree that volunteering is one of the best ways to break into global development. But finding a reputable organization where your particular skills will be best utilized is a challenge in itself.

Here are 10 no-fee programs where you can gain experience while doing good. (Some even pay!)

Don’t stop there. If you’re still wondering how recruiters truly look at volunteer experience and how to best showcase it during your job search, check out ”Ask VSO: How volunteering abroad can kickstart your development career,” where VSO leaders tackle these and other common questions.

Read more:

• International development volunteer programs: A primer

• 7 ways volunteering can advance your development career

• Got a question about volunteering internationally?

• Corporate volunteerism emerges from infancy, identifies key challenges

• Corporate volunteerism: Moving today’s workforce where it needs to be tomorrow

• Volunteer group in transition: VSO chief Marg Mayne on staying local while going international