So we're going to move on to our next section, extracurricular activities. So, this is quite important, I would say for people at the entry level position or no work experience position. I've mentioned this a few times, but this is important. So how you get, you know, people always complain about the question, I have no experience, therefore, how can I get a job. So this is exactly how you do it. So you would get some experience in terms of volunteering somewhere in terms of extracurricular activities, and this demonstrates important transferable skills that are highly valued in the workplace.

Therefore, you illustrate your ability to manage yourself your time show that you've developed some soft skills in regards to leadership. Training community involvement or team player capabilities. And so, within this, your extracurricular activities should somewhat be relevant to your profession. For instance, if you volunteer at a club or if you volunteer at a university club and you want to become an accountant, you should probably target yourself as a treasurer. Because naturally a treasurer would be good if money can budget, understand the journal entries, bookkeeping, all that type of stuff and this directly translate to your profession say if you're a financial analyst. All beacons really considering having a hobby as stock investing, understanding of stock markets, all that type of stuff.

So these extra curricular things are super helpful for your resume. And they're great. So when it comes to extra, extracurricular activities, you want to demonstrate some of the key things okay, so firstly, leadership. Have you led a volunteer team, which is a great initiative, have you started a small business by yourself? Have you you know, led a perhaps a team of to charity, for instance, you also want to show off your community service, which means that you, you know, you're compassionate, you have empathy, and that you can give back to the community and you're not just serving yourself. You volunteer there, for instance, salvation, Army, World Vision, Red Cross, those types of organizations are great.

We can put blood donations in there as well. It shows that you are undertaking ongoing training as well. So if you have a skill gap, let's just say you got laid off or you don't have limited experience, it shows that, you know, just lounging around doing nothing and being lazy. For instance, if you have, for instance, volunteered or done something at a club or a volunteer place, and you've done a long term, let's say you've done for three, four years, that's perfect. So that means that, you know, you're someone who's could be a long term employee because you've been dedicated to an organization for a long time. So for recruiters, this is super important.

I was literally just talking to a recruiter last week and he mentioned To me that he looks at gaps so he looks at people who've worked at long periods of time he says that if you've worked somewhere for a year and a half only and you've done a year and a half year and a half year and a half year and a half, it looks terrible for your resume says usually those types of people, they get found out for who they really are. And then they you know, their honeymoon period of starting and performing well kind of lays off and they get lazy and they come complacent or they just wasn't a very good employee and become toxic. So I think it's a fair point. So guys, volunteering along at a at a place for a long period of time is also shows loyalty and dedication to the job.

Avatar quickly things could be volunteering at a board. So for me my resume, I volunteered. When I was about 3029 years old, on the on the subcommittees of the YMCA, I couldn't get a board position. Someone else got the board position but they did like what I did and obviously I got the out of camera subcommittee in some really big deals and some really big governance in terms of risk fundraising, and finance. So those things are great for your resume. And so make sure you're keeping an eye out for volunteer opportunities to beef up your resume to make it complete, I would say complete is the word.

Great. So right now guys, similar to work experience, you've got to break up the roles and responsibilities of your particular volunteer position, as well as adding achievement underneath that to make sure that you're well rounded. So I'll give an example. So let's just say you volunteered at a university club, and you became the treasurer. In your templates right now, you'll find that some Treasurer Judy's that you might have bookkeeping, passing audits, ensuring budget, everything per events according to budget, all those types of things and obviously some of the achievements you managed $100,000 budget, you pass successfully passed the audit. Let's say green for your For University, so these things all add value.

So right now I want you to literally think about some things, write them down, include your position, how long you were there for the organization, obviously, three key roles for key roles and responsibilities and then maybe one or two achievements that you achieve during this time. And yeah, this is going to be so good. So right go right now, go to your templates, and start fleshing this out.