How Volunteering Help Me Get Foreign Language Jobs

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Speaker: Zipporah Robinson, Language Learning Coach Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese. Some reading comprehension of French and Romanian. Learning: Italian Website: www.zrlanguagelearning.com Email: info@zrlanguagelearning.com How Volunteering Helped Me Find Foreign Language Jobs OUTLINE CONS You don't get paid for your time, energy nor expertise. Sometimes there are requirements. They don't just accept anyone, people can be turned away. PROS You get experience, especially if you're running into people who speak your target language. The experience volunteering in your target language makes you more comfortable talking. You get to add that foreign language volunteer experience on your resume. Foreign language volunteering on my resume helped me secure contracts for other foreign language jobs. You make friends and gain job references from the places you volunteered at. You give back to the community of your target language Your vocabulary increases, especially in the field in which you are volunteering. There is no pressure to speak perfectly, they can't fire you. Just do your best...they appreciate any help they can get. If you pass the background check and they prefer a foreign language speaker, you may not be turned away, just because it's free help. For volunteer opportunities, please go to www.volunteermatch.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/zrlanguagelearning/message