Comments for Catchafire Blog http://blog.catchafire.org The official blog of Catchafire... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Powerful Women: Nicole Patrice Johnson by Nicole Patrice Johnson http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/04/14/powerful-women-nicole-patrice-johnson/#comment-858 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:39:07 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=1171#comment-858 Thank you that means a lot coming from yo.. I have always admired your work!

]]> Comment on Powerful Women: Nicole Patrice Johnson by Nicole Patrice Johnson http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/04/14/powerful-women-nicole-patrice-johnson/#comment-857 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:38:18 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=1171#comment-857 Just reading this.. Thanks you just made my day… I hope you are having a nice one too!

]]> Comment on Making Volunteering More Popular By Making It More Relevant by Trevor Little (@bundacia) http://blog.catchafire.org/2012/01/04/making-volunteering-more-popular-by-making-it-more-relevant/#comment-827 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:10:39 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=3773#comment-827 Great Article! Another solution is something like http://www.benefacting.org, where you can get people to make donations in exchange for your services (or stuff). That way the cause you want to support doesn’t have to need your specific skill, you can find anybody who needs it and have them make a cash donation.

Quick video explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pp4NVPwaUw

Full disclosure: I’m one of the co-founders of Benefacting.

]]> Comment on Catchafire 2012 Holiday Campaign by blogging http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/12/07/catchafire-2012-holiday-campaign/#comment-817 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:10:23 +0000 http://volunteeryourskills.wordpress.com/?p=3694#comment-817 Hi There Blog,
Maybe a little off topic, however, This year, I refuse, repeat, refuse to be “Political Correct.”
Wishes

]]> Comment on Have you added your volunteer experiences to your resume? Why not? by jcdarne http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/12/22/have-you-added-your-volunteer-experiences-to-your-resume-why-not/#comment-805 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:05:50 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=3733#comment-805 Hi Kevin,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You’re absolutely right that real estate on the resume is precious. Being concise and listing only relevant experience is important. That said, many volunteer opportunities call for highly skilled professionals where they can apply their technical skills and gain relevant experience.

Likewise, for professional who happen to be unemployed, it’s a way for them to show prospective employers that they’re continuing to work and develop their skills while they job hunt.

This is in part why we’re so excited about the new “Volunteer Experience and Causes” section, if they don’t have the space on the resume to list volunteer experiences, they can do so on their LinkedIn profile.

]]> Comment on Have you added your volunteer experiences to your resume? Why not? by Kevin Harms http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/12/22/have-you-added-your-volunteer-experiences-to-your-resume-why-not/#comment-804 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:29:32 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=3733#comment-804 I’ve been taught that everything on a resume should be relevant to job objective. I have a hard time seeing how volunteer work is relevant to many jobs. Real estate on a resume is precious enough. As a hiring manager, I might want to know about volunteer work to round out someone’s character profile, but in initial screenings I would think that resumes that sacrifice hard skills and directly relevant accomplishments for volunteer work might suffer.

]]> Comment on Guides for Giving Good by jcdarne http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/12/16/guides-for-giving-good/#comment-791 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:34:49 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=3706#comment-791 Another great list for the social entrepreneur, this one from Ashoka: http://www.ashoka.org/story/gift-social-entrepreneurship-holiday-season

]]> Comment on Pro Bono Voice: Eric Morrow by Pro Bono voice on Catchafire | Musing on Marketing http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/05/03/pro-bono-voice-eric-morrow/#comment-739 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:10:29 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=1491#comment-739 [...] http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/05/03/pro-bono-voice-eric-morrow/ [...]

]]> Comment on Boston Founding Members working on environmental protection: sustainable solutions to big problems by Catchafire Catches Fire in Boston with SolSolution « Solsolution http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/11/16/environmental-protection-in-boston-sustainable-solutions-to-big-problems/#comment-652 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:23:32 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=3556#comment-652 [...] what Catchafire had to say about us and our other environmental peers on their blog. Here is a small excerpt: “What makes these [...]

]]> Comment on Join Team Catchafire – we are looking for an Intern! by P http://blog.catchafire.org/2011/09/08/join-team-catchafire-we-are-looking-for-an-intern/#comment-632 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:36:42 +0000 http://blog.catchafire.org/?p=3258#comment-632 Hi, I’m interested in applying as an intern. Are you guys taking in virtual interns? Let me know, thanks!

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