Any volunteer work that I might have done is listed on my resume as
"Professional Experience"  right beside jobs I was paid for!

Patti Davis-Perkins

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> Your points about volunteering leading to a job is interesting to me. I
> voluntarily started up a museum, working more than full time for free for
> 18
> months as Executive Director, when I finally told the Board of Directors
> it
> was time to pay me, they paid me a minimal salary and then decided it was
> time to do a National Search for my position. I have subsequently left my
> position as the writing was on the wall and it was not a nice picture. I
> agree that volunteering, while giving one valuable experience, does not
> lead
> to a consequential position in the management area. However I have seen
> volunteers move successfully into being birthday party coordinators or to
> being a board member, but not much more than that.
>
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