Subjects to study if you want to work for a charity
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The charity sector can be competitive and experience, volunteer or otherwise, can count for a lot. But there are ways to make that third sector CV stand out from the competition. Why not take some courses? A course can be a great way to make your application shine and an opportunity to learn new skills and ideas.
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- 9. Most people will tell you to “follow your passion” when you are looking for career advice.
- 10. what if you don’t know what your passion is ? What if you can’t pick just one thing ?
- 11. what if you tried to follow a career that helped you use your special talents, skills, and knowledge to do the most good in the world?
- 12. Working for a charity or charitable-focused organization, you’ll be able to do good for the world, while also having a challenging and rewarding career.
- 13. This might be the most fulfilling and life-changing decision you’ll ever make.
- 14. What’s even better ?
- 15. Many academic tracks and fields of study can help you launch your career in charity ! !
- 16. Charity work cannot be done without time and money. Often, money is the most important factor. Fundraising and development work is a major component of a functioning charitable organization. A trained and skilled development person can be a vital asset to any organization, but especially for a charity-focused one.
- 17. 1. Nonprofit management A degree in nonprofit management gives you the tools you need to launch your career in this field. The trends over the past two decades show a widening variety of jobs becoming available in the nonprofit sector. Pay attention to the three major nonprofit management degrees available: 1. bachelor’s, 2. master’s, and 3. PhDs in nonprofit management. A degree in nonprofit management will allow you to pursue your charity work in a growing job market that has demand for qualified and trained employees.
- 18. 2. Development studies Understanding the intricate and complex power structures and dynamics that are happening in our world is important to doing any type of charity work. Inequality and lack of diversity or inclusion happens everywhere. Knowing these structures, and how they function, is the first step to dismantling them and making the world a better place for all. Development studies is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field of study, which seeks to understand economic, political, social, cultural, and technological facets of societal change, mainly in developing countries. Development studies will give you a leg up in a crowded applicant pool because you’ll demonstrate to hiring managers your commitment to charitable work and your valuable knowledge from your degree will become a major asset to the team you join.
- 19. 3. IT/digital All nonprofits need to schedule annual appeals, track fundraising, and manage their donor databases. An IT or digital professional, who is skilled in all aspects of networks and software, will be a valuable and highly desired team member of any charity. In fact, it has become increasingly important for charities to keep up-to- date with their IT and digital systems.
- 20. 4. Social work Jobs that a degree in social work leads to include: support worker, children’s house lead professional, community empowerment assistant, senior support worker, mental health social worker, mentor, and youth involvement officer. This shows how diverse the social work sector is -- you’ll likely be able to find the job that best fits your skills and interests. Your passion for caring for others will be rewarded with amazing moments of helping people in need.
- 21. 5. Sociology •other jobs for sociology majors include: “Charity fundraiser, community development worker, counsellor, lecturer, housing officer, teacher, probation officer, social researcher, social worker and welfare rights adviser. There are a range of specific abilities and skills associated with a degree in sociology but there are also wider transferable skills that you can develop.” •A degree in sociology, the study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction and culture of everyday life, trains graduates in various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order, acceptance, and change or social evolution. Sociologists like to study people, and people are what makes the world a fascinating, complex place.
- 22. 6. Anthropology Anthropology -- the scientific study of humans and human behavior and societies in the past and present -- has been described as “the most scientific of the humanities and the most humanistic of the sciences.” Knowing how to analyze human behavior, and putting it into practice with charity work, can directly benefit any population you might want to work with. Imagine a fundraising professional who is also a trained anthropologist – what wonders he or she might do for the organization !
- 23. At the end of the day, in charity work, enthusiasm is the most important and vital aspect of a worker in this field. The days are long and sometimes you’ll feel like what you’re doing isn’t enough, but really caring and enthusiastically embracing your work, will go a long, long way.
- 24. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." If charity work is you calling, then find the degree that fits your interests and talents -- then go for it!
- 25. Are you ready to take to the next level?