Volunteer your way to a job

Volunteering towards a job?  Why not?  New York Times reminded us that a good way to counter the emotional toll after a layoff is to volunteer.  It returns a sense of predictability and belonging.  Apart from the attitude benefit reported in the story, at Ikembu we believe that this provides invaluable richness to ones professional and personal profile.  We all talk about the value of diversity and experience.  What's wrong with getting a different kind of experience, while doing ones mite to better the world around us?

When you do end up Ikembu'ing, do not forget to call out the difference you have made.  Whether in a professional or professional-volunteer capacity.