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From Volunteer to Career: How my experiences as a volunteer led to my dream job
[Editor's Note: This guest blog post comes from one of our volunteers, Shauna Geraghty. Shauna Geraghty is a fourth year doctoral student in Clinical Psychology and a content writer for the Talkdesk call center blog. Talkdesk provides call center software for … Continue reading
[Breaking News] New Community Manager is Awesome!
I’m supposed to create a super awesome blurb about myself before answering interview questions that the guys wrote up for me… sooo here goes it: Caroline is the newest addition to GoVoluntr. Being the Community Manager, aka “Social Media Maven”, … Continue reading
Sweet 16!
We’re 3 volunteer hours away from tracking 16,000 hours of verified volunteer service as I write this post. I sit here on a Sunday catching up from my week and preparing for the next one, taking a moment to reflect … Continue reading
Version 2 is Here!
If you’ve been to our site lately – you may have noticed things look a bit different. Well, probably a lot different! We are happy to announce the rollout of Version 2.0 for GoVoluntr and we think you are going … Continue reading
1000 Hearts for 1000 Minds
[Editors Note: This is a guest blog post by Jennifer Gonzales - 1000 Hearts for 1000 Minds Associate with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Check out how you can get involved here and remember, every hour gets you closer to … Continue reading
The Skinny on Health and Wellness
Health and Wellness is a major topic in our nation, regularly making headlines in the media and always a focal point in boardrooms. Let’s just talk about Wellness spending from enterprise businesses – so understand these numbers don’t even include … Continue reading
San Jose Do Goodrs
California and activism go together like peanut butter and jelly. They’re virtually synonymous terms to most Americans and the do gooder stereotype is one I think a lot of us Californians like to perpetuate. We are one of two states … Continue reading
Blog Action Day: The Power of We
Every year more than a thousand bloggers take a day and talk about one subject – one social good idea – and they call it Blog Action Day. Since 2007, each year has a unique theme, from food to poverty … Continue reading
Non-Profit Spotlight: Navigating For Non Profits
Navigating For Non Profits is a non-profit that transformed out of a road trip. We met in September of 2011 through AmeriCorps NCCC in Sacramento and decided that even though the program would end, the volunteer work wasn’t done. We … Continue reading
Mountain View Volunteer Fair
It is hard to believe that Mountain View has a highly skilled, educated and talented work force, yet less than half of its children enter school ready to succeed academically. There are more than 40 languages spoken in the homes … Continue reading
