Charity recruitment site CharityJOB has recently done analysis that indicates that the total number of advertised vacancies in the charity sector have increased by 4.4% since 2007, despite the economic slowdown.
The charity and not-for-profit sector have increased their demand for talent from the private sector to improve efficencies and capabilities in an increasingly competitive market.
Boost your confidence, meet new people, bolster your cv and meet a range of new and interesting people. There are literally thousands of organisations and charities in need of your expertise and enthusiasm, if you have some spare time, then donate it! There are many online resources such s do-it-org.uk and timebank.org.uk where thousands of opportunities are available.
Roles vary as widely as donating a couple of hours a week to mentor a teenager to working as a teacher in Ghana teaching IT skills for several months. So if you are struggling for work or you would like to give something back then you can always consider volunteer jobs.
