Friday, February 26, 2010
Open Question: non profit food bank worker: foot in the door, or resume killer?
I graduated with a bachelors in sociology and I was in the peace corps. Since my experience in the peace corps I've been hooked on work that actually matters and makes a positive impact on the community, so for months I've been sending my resume out to non profit organizations with very few (almost no) responses. It seems the non profit world can be very hard to crack into. I finally applied to run a food bank and I got the interview and it went really well. The only problem is, they're not really looking for anyone with a college degree so the pay is pretty low (26,000) though the benefits are really good, but besides that, the staff seemed awesome, the office was really nice and I got really good vibes from the place, I think I would really enjoy working there. So the low pay would totally be worth it IF it would get me that "foot in the door" in the non-profit world that I've been searching for. Will future employers see it that way? If I wanted to work again with a jobless, homeless, mentally-ill population in some other aspect, will they see this as good experience in that field and maybe I could use my degree in a later job? Or will future employers see this as just another unskilled labor job, and therefore it would hurt my resume, and chances of doing something more substantial in the future? I have no kids, no spouse and no pets, so, its just me to support, and I'm totally willing to eat balogna sandwiches for a couple of years in order to work my way into the non profit job market!!
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