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- Volunteers - Tips to Motivate Them
- Recruiting volunteers is only half the challenge. A person must properly train them so they will work out to be true assets. As the person helps volunteers recognize the rewards of their service, he must also acknowledge that there may be a downside. Volunteering takes time away from the family...
- White papers 2005-03-17
- Businesses Need to Preserve Voluntary Sector Links
- In a recent report commissioned by the Cabinet Office, the Building Stronger Communities Task Force called for urgent action to build closer links between businesses and the communities in which they operate. The report, "Business and the Third Sector, Innovation in Tough Times" contains three priority recommendations. Build...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Job Search? 4 Simple Steps to Get Your Mojo Back
- While it's natural to get discouraged looking for a new job today, the longer it takes you to find one, the worse off you'll be. Here are some high-tech and not-so-high-tech ways to reinvigorate your efforts. Make Your...
- Articles 2009-10-01
- Volunteer Work When Unemployed: Should You Work for Free?
- Laid-off executives are diving into volunteer work as a way to make new contacts, stay engaged, and eventually find paying work. But not every kind of volunteer work bestows the same benefits, and devoting too much time and energy to pro bono activities can actually hinder your search for a...
- Articles 2009-10-27
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- Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey Reveals Link Between Volunteering and Professional Success
- In an opinion poll released today by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, employed Americans overwhelmingly agree that volunteering in the community can help them get ahead at work. According to the Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey, 86 percent of employed Americans said volunteering can have a positive impact on their...
- Research articles 2005-06-03
- Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey Reveals Link Between Volunteering and Professional Success; Deloitte's IMPACT Day Demonstrates Helping Others Can Help Yourself
- MINNEAPOLIS -- In an opinion poll released today by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, employed Americans overwhelmingly agree that volunteering in the community can help them get ahead at work. According to the Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey, 86 percent of employed Americans said volunteering can have a positive impact on...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Volunteering by older people tends to remain stable for a long time.(Special Report: The Third Stage of Life)
- Perhaps it is the continuity that volunteering provides people who have lost some of the other rhythms of life as they age, or the emotional satisfaction that they get out of providing a service to others. But whatever the reason, volunteering appears to be one of the...
- Research articles 2005-07-29
- Aetna Employees Honored for Workplace Volunteerism; The Points of Light Foundation Honors Aetna's Culture of Caring With Award for Excellence in Workplace Volunteering
- WASHINGTON -- Aetna (NYSE:AET) today received a 2005 Award for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs from The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network. The award, presented during the organization's National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, D.C., is an international award that honors businesses that have...
- Research articles 2005-08-06
- Volunteering in cross-national perspective: initial comparisons.
- HELMUT K. ANHEIER [*] LESTER M. SALAMON [**] I INTRODUCTION Volunteering has not only become an important issue in the United States; it is also receiving much more attention in many other ...
- Research articles 1999-09-22
- Managers Failing to Capitalise on Overseas Volunteering
- Managers who do voluntary work overseas develop skills that are often keenly sought by employers, yet often fail to market themselves sufficiently upon their return, a new study has suggested. The research by the Chartered Management Institute and Voluntary Service Overseas VSO found that, of 516 managers polled, the majority...
- White papers 2006-01-17
- Be Able To Say, "Been There! Done That!": Cultivate Your Career Skills Through Deliberate Volunteering
- To attain your career goals, you cannot simply go to work and perform the assigned projects, allowing your manager direct your professional path for you. You must treat your working life much like you treat a documentation project and be deliberate. Take charge of your progress by volunteering to complete...
- White papers 2003-05-02
- KPMG launches policy designed to promote volunteering
- KPMG LLP has introduced a paid time-off policy for volunteering.
- Research articles 2005-06-02
- OKC Allstate Insurance agent receives award for volunteering in the
- Allstate Insurance agent Marilyn Hildreth has earned an Agency Hands in the Community award for her commitment to volunteering in the community.
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- Volunteering to help your career
- Volunteering To Help Your Career Janice Zarro has a theory: In order to do the best job for your company and escalate your own career, you have to be "multidimensional." And one way to achieve that is through carefully selected volunteer work. As vice president of...
- Research articles 1988-04-01
- College students spend spring break in New Orleans volunteering in
- Eleven University of Florida students were in New Orleans for spring break this month but they didn't come here to booze it up on Bourbon Street. They spent vacation volunteering in an after-school homework assistance program for 50 second- to eighth-grade students in New Orleans Public Schools. ...
- Research articles 2005-03-14
- GM sponsors international volunteering movement support of Global Youth Service Day and SERVEnet; Website demonstrates company commitment to citizen service.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 January 2003-GM: GM sponsors international volunteering movement support of Global Youth Service Day and SERVEnet; Website demonstrates company commitment to citizen serviceC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01232003 Washington, DC -- Millions of youth around the world will take part ...
- Research articles 2003-01-23
- Points of Light Foundation Announces State Volunteering Rates;Research Highlights Impact of Volunteer Center National Network
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The results of new research by the Points of Light Foundation and researchers at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis's Center on Urban and Environmental Policy revealed that, in 2003, Utah's residents continue to boast the highest rate of volunteering for the second straight year....
- Research articles 2004-09-13
- India businesses reach out to the community through philanthropy, volunteering.
- The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 11--NEW DELHI, India -- The corporate world is now reaching out to the community. Philanthropy is not limited to signing cheques. The commitment is getting deeper as employees, including top managers, are doing...
- Research articles 2004-12-11
- Gauging the results of employee volunteering
- A study into CR's effect on the workforceOne way companies demonstrate social responsibility is to encourage employee voluntarism. This is good for employee motivation and company reputation, but it can be a serious expense. Here, Melissa Breedijk, Dick de Gilder and Theo Schuyt from Amsterdam's Vrije Universiteit investigate research on...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- UK GOVERNMENT: Volunteering celebrated at awards ceremony.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-3 December 1998-UK GOVERNMENT: Volunteering celebrated at awards ceremony C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:021298 Whitbread Volunteer Action Award winners were leading the way in making the new millennium the Giving Age Home Office Minister, Paul Boateng, said today. ...
- Research articles 1998-12-03
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