Youth Benefit From Working As Volunteers in Charity Work
Sadly, most young people discover that their big dreams of fame and fortune do not immediately come true when they first begin to be paid and becoming self sufficient.
The job in a fast food restaurant or as an usher at the local cinema does not provide all that much income.
Often, too, the jobs that are available for teens involve working evenings and weekends, sometimes in unpleasant conditions.
That brings the question: Is there a better career path that will bring more money and better work experience than just taking the first job that comes along? Would it be wise to take a longer term view of the future? Some young people have discovered that there is a better way to go that is more likely to ensure long term success.
Taking a job on the bottom rung of the employment ladder is often a bad decision.
The teens who go the volunteer route get involved and get their first job as a volunteer in charity work.
There are great benefits in taking an unpaid, volunteer job with a charity when the situation is viewed from a long-term perspective.
Working as a volunteer can provide a teen with a wider range of experience than he or she would ever get in a first paid job.
As the youth shows himself to be dependable and capable, his supervisor at a charity will probably give increased responsibilities and opportunities.
A volunteer job can give a wide range of experience that will enable a young person to secure a job a few rungs higher on the employment ladder when that first paid job is secured.
Working unpaid for a charity is a wonderful way to gain valuable work experience and to improve a resume.
A second asset, and opportunity, that working for a charity can bring is in regard to relationships.
Friendships with paid staff will develop which can last and be beneficial for many years.
A teen will learn how to relate and get along better with other people.
Ordinarily, in a first paid job type situation, a teen is seen as little more than a cog in the machine.
Having genuine friends and supporters is a valuable asset for the future.
A third valuable experience that comes from working in a charity is the knowledge that you are helping someone else.
So many people suffer from poverty or physical or emotional problems.
There are legions of small children who will love and respect a teenage volunteer for the help he gives.
Volunteer work can build self-confidence and provide wonderful memories that last for a lifetime.
Not all rewards are physical.
Volunteering can, in a sense, be the most lucrative employment of all.
To the impatient and immature, working as a charity volunteer may seem like a waste of time.
Seen from a longer term view, it may be the most valuable time spent.
A person's career will last for 40, or sometimes even 50, years.
The long term, not the short term, prospects are what are truly important.
The job in a fast food restaurant or as an usher at the local cinema does not provide all that much income.
Often, too, the jobs that are available for teens involve working evenings and weekends, sometimes in unpleasant conditions.
That brings the question: Is there a better career path that will bring more money and better work experience than just taking the first job that comes along? Would it be wise to take a longer term view of the future? Some young people have discovered that there is a better way to go that is more likely to ensure long term success.
Taking a job on the bottom rung of the employment ladder is often a bad decision.
The teens who go the volunteer route get involved and get their first job as a volunteer in charity work.
There are great benefits in taking an unpaid, volunteer job with a charity when the situation is viewed from a long-term perspective.
Working as a volunteer can provide a teen with a wider range of experience than he or she would ever get in a first paid job.
As the youth shows himself to be dependable and capable, his supervisor at a charity will probably give increased responsibilities and opportunities.
A volunteer job can give a wide range of experience that will enable a young person to secure a job a few rungs higher on the employment ladder when that first paid job is secured.
Working unpaid for a charity is a wonderful way to gain valuable work experience and to improve a resume.
A second asset, and opportunity, that working for a charity can bring is in regard to relationships.
Friendships with paid staff will develop which can last and be beneficial for many years.
A teen will learn how to relate and get along better with other people.
Ordinarily, in a first paid job type situation, a teen is seen as little more than a cog in the machine.
Having genuine friends and supporters is a valuable asset for the future.
A third valuable experience that comes from working in a charity is the knowledge that you are helping someone else.
So many people suffer from poverty or physical or emotional problems.
There are legions of small children who will love and respect a teenage volunteer for the help he gives.
Volunteer work can build self-confidence and provide wonderful memories that last for a lifetime.
Not all rewards are physical.
Volunteering can, in a sense, be the most lucrative employment of all.
To the impatient and immature, working as a charity volunteer may seem like a waste of time.
Seen from a longer term view, it may be the most valuable time spent.
A person's career will last for 40, or sometimes even 50, years.
The long term, not the short term, prospects are what are truly important.
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