Feeling anxious about life after graduation?

You're not alone. Students approaching gradutation with non-professional degrees and little else on their resumes should be concerned about competing for jobs. But there is hope: research shows that students who engage in meaningful volunteer work gain a measurable employment advantage. Your education matters. But experience, leadership, and initiative are what set you apart.

Our leadership training along with the volunteer work and career development opportunities we facilitate deliver an all-in-one strategy for entering the job market with confidence and an advantage.

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Why it Matters

Employers Are Paying Attention

Volunteers have 27% higher odds of employment, and the employment boost is even stronger for individuals early in their careers. AmeriCorps, Volunteering as a Pathway to Employment

41% of hiring managers consider volunteer experience equal to paid work experience. LinkedIn, Global Recruiting Trends

82% of hiring managers are more likely to choose a candidate with volunteer experience.

85% of hiring managers are more inclined to look past resume flaws when the candidate includes volunteer work, yet only 30% list it on their resumes.

92% of employers agree that volunteering improves leadership and professional skills.

Deloitte, Impact Survey

Volunteer leadership signals:

• Initiative
• Work ethic

• Accountability
• Civic engagement
• Emotional intelligence

When GPA and internships look similar, service-driven leadership becomes your differentiator. In a competitive entry-level job market, that difference matters.

How It Works

Step 1: Leadership Training

Take our online course to learn about:

the national challenge you will address
maximizing your social impact
leveraging your personal assets
creating opportunities to stand out

Step 2: Volunteer Work

Use your e-workbook or free online coaching to execute your strategy to:

seize quality leadership opportunities
turn class projects into work experience
grow your network and gain references

Step 3: Career Development

Watch the recordings or participate in Zoom events where HR leaders help you:

document your impact and growth
effectively add skills to your resume
create and share your impact stories

The Volunteer Work

PeerTakes

Help Younger Students Connect Why Engagement Matters

Share life stories and information with younger students you share a connection with through school or student activities to help them see how their choices and student engagement today can help or hurt their education, employment, and lifestyle opportunities in the future.

Soft Skills: empathy leadership, emotional intelligence, communication, motivation, networking, interpersonal skills

Impact Collabs

Support Efforts to Engage and Better Serve Students

Support efforts to launch or improve student support services by aligning class projects or collaborating with campus members to help education and workforce development leaders or any student support program engage more students and better serve them.

Soft Skills: leadership, problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, networking, teamwork, communication, work ethic

Teach It Back

Help Other Students become Stronger Job Candidates

Create your own internship or learn how to use technology, labor market data, workforce development initiatives, or resume and interview strategies to become a stronger job candidate and then create opportunities to engage and teach other students how to do the same.

Soft Skills: adaptability, empathy leadership, teamwork, motivation, problem solving, critical thinking, interpersonal skills

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The Ultimate Experience

Impactful

Increasing student engagement and success is one of our country's greatest challenges. It's the same challenge employers face with employees. Working on projects that signal engagement is one of your core values maximizes impact on society and your employability-focused personal brand.

Meaningful

You possess valuable insight that can help younger students avoid pitfalls and find success. Using your empathy and social credibility to impact schools and students you share a connection with is highly rewarding. It motivates you to keep serving and expanding your network.

Personal Value

Gaining leadership training, real world experience, and references while in school helps you overcome the anxiety and self-doubt that comes with being a first-time job candidate. You're building career confidence, career capital and a career advantage by consistently giving back.

What Makes Us Different

Employer's use their AI to look for AI generated resumes and interview responses that don't seem authentic or line up. So we know you need more than a leadership certificate to list on your resume. You need real stories that help you stand out.

That's why our focus is on the proactive coaching you'll need to keep opportunities to practice skills on your radar and help you fit it in whenever your busy schedule allows. We make it easy to consistently squeeze in volunteer work that develops:

• Leadership responsibility
• Project Ownership
• Team Management
• Strategic Communication
• Measurable Impact

Every experience is designed to build the employability-focused personal brand you want to showcase on your resume and in interviews. Because employers don’t just ask, “What did you study?” They ask, “Tell me about a time you led something.”

AI won't have an answer for that, but with your strategy to serve fully, you will.