You might be one those people who find it really difficult to find a job, never get a call from the employer and just basically laze around all day watching TV (and other things). But, if you really want to boost your chances of getting a job, then you might consider this very overlooked and underrated job search strategy … volunteering.
Although you don’t get paid to do this kind of work, it’s a good way to keep your skills up to date, expand your network and your horizons. Volunteering, especially during a long stretch of unemployment, can also help fill in this gap and gives you a non-lame excuse to the interviewer as to what you’ve been doing all this time.
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