Parts of a Resume/CV: Outreach and Volunteer Experience

Outreach and volunteer experience is an optional section of a CV or resume which lists the volunteer experience and community outreach of the applicant. This section should include:

• companies or organizations where the applicant has volunteered
  
• the applicant's title at these organizations
  
• the dates the applicant volunteered in these organizations
• a brief description of the applicant's responsibilities and duties at these organizations
• key achievements during employment or involvement in these organizations
• potentially, newly learned skills
  

This section should be formatted similarly to the applicant's work history. Like a work history, a selection of volunteer experiences may be highlighted in a resume, but a CV should include a full history of volunteer experience and community outreach.

The following video, from Ken in Simon Frazier University's Cognitive Science department, offers some additional thoughts on the importance of outreach and volunteer experience on a resume or CV: