Volunteer your way to your next position.(This advice also applies to any other new graduates,Corpers,career changer,or job seeker out there who needs to bridge a gap in employment).

Recent Job statistics revealed that 43% of newly licensed professionals still do not have jobs within 18 months after graduation.It’s the old cliché:Y[b]you must have experience to get the job yet you must have a job to get experience.[/b] What a vicious cycle!(And it certainly applies to all industry jobs).

Lack Of Working Experience! How can you break it?

My advice to all my friends and clients is to Volunteer? Find the very best hospital,work place or even community project you can and volunteer your way to your next position.

The following highlights gives you a concrete reason to volunteer your service(s) and work your way to that plum career job.
Why volunteer?
1. It puts work experience on your resume
2. It enables you to line up solid references in your field of choice
3. It allows you to build your network
4. It shows your passion for what you want to do
5. It keeps you busy and keeps your spirits up
6. It puts you at the top of the list if a job becomes available
Read the full text here;http://headstartcareer..com/2013/01/why-every-jobseeker-and-new-grad-should.html

Have you ever volunteered to change careers or land your next position? Any tips for us? Tell us about it

Career Helps or Adviser,please add more

Thats a fantastic idea but the problem now is which oil coy will accept me as a volunteer?is it shell,mobile,total cause i have been looking for an oil coy to volunteer in but still no connect.

Volunteering helps you top get other opportunities. Remember it is easier to get a job when in one rather than when you are not working. In addition, as you volunteer your aim should be turning your internship to a job. To read more on this visit [url]http://www.careerpointkenya.com/2013/01/29/turning-your-internship-into-a-job/
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@dhardline,you might not get ant volunteering job in any of the oil and gas company here.
but you can search for and locate non-profit organisations or oil& gas services based company executing
community project for the oil companies

@ Dorcas Karuana: quite agree with you. the aim is to have requisite experience for the real job.

with these i see more reasons to volunteer in my work place