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Add volunteering to your CV

It tells your prospective employer that you are willing to step up and take on more responsibilities, and it polishes your soft skills

Vivien Ang
Published Fri, Aug 28, 2020 · 09:50 PM

UNLESS your New Year resolution was to binge watch a hundred Netflix programmes, most of the goals set earlier in the year would have gone kaput with the advent of Covid-19. A friend of mine, one of many who found themselves jobless during this period, was updating her resume and asked me to "take a quick look at it".

"Looks good," I remarked. "But why don't you add your volunteer experience too?"

"Huh, got use meh?" she replied, sounding bewildered.

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