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Contact Service Learning
Kelly Dotson
Service Learning/Leadership Coordinator
Office: LU 120
Local: (651) 641-8236
Fax: (651) 659-0207
dotson@csp.edu
Mailing Address
275 Syndicate Street North
St. Paul, MN 55104-5494
Local: 651-641-8278
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Career Exploration and Community Involvement
Find out about the Working for Change: Social Justice Career Paths, Strategies, and Skills workshop!
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"What do you want to be when you grow up?" or "what is your calling?"
It is perfectly OK to not have an answer to either of these questions! Discovering the nature of your calling, your vocation, is a lifelong process and does not equal just a job or a single career path! It is about much more than just finding a job after graduation. It is a reflective process that results in making informed choices about one's future, by clarifying one's values, developing vocational skills, conducting research and gaining experience.
- Deepen your self-understanding - learn about your values, interests and abilities
- Investigate - find out about what all is out there in the world of work - job shadow; talk to people who work in or are familiar with jobs, organizations and fields that interest you
- Experience - gain practical experiences through internships, service-learning courses, part-time jobs, volunteer work, off-campus study, and co-curricular activities
- Reflect - on what you have learned through career exploration in light of your values, interests and abilities
EXPERIENCE: VOLUNTEER
Volunteering is one way to learn more about a certain occupation, organization, or field of work before you make a commitment. It gives you a chance to answer the question, "Is this what I really want to do?" Why volunteer?
To develop skills and gain experience
Volunteering can help you gain the experience and marketable skills to get a job. Volunteering offers the opportunity both to develop and to apply such skills as communication, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, taking initiative, and reliability. Most employers are looking for practical experience and demonstration of these types of skills.
To develop contacts - network, network, network!
As a volunteer, you will meet and establish relationships with professionals who work in a wide variety of careers. Having a personal network of contacts is key to finding work, and volunteering is a great way to develop this network! Talk to people every chance you get. Make sure that other volunteers - as well as professional staff - get to know you and what you can do.
To connect with your community
As a volunteer, you will gain a deeper connection to your community and feel a greater sense of belonging. Not only does volunteerism look good on your resume, it gives you the chance to participate in your community and make a difference!
FINDING VOLUNTEER and SERVICE-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Although you are always free to find opportunities and make connections on your own, the Office of Service-Learning can help you narrow your search and connect you with organizations, volunteer opportunities, and service-learning courses that fit your interests and abilities.
Find out about the Working for Change: Social Justice Career Paths, Strategies, and Skills workshop!
Check out Approved Service-Learning Sites
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