Many think that volunteering to enrich your CV is a career move that only recent graduates make. But this isn't the case. Organizations like United Nations Volunteers are actively seeking mid-level career professionals. Think you have what it takes to be a UN volunteer? Check out these stats on UN volunteers from 2012.

1. mobilization of un volunteers - 2012
6,807
159
38
Environment and sustainable
development
Democratic
governance
26%
Crisis
prevention
and recovery
4%
40%
UN Volunteers
61%
nationalities
39%
average age
30%
127
Poverty
eradication and
achievement of
MDGs
areas of intervention
gender breakdown
61% men, 39% women
countries of assignment
81%
28%
from developing
countries
volunteered within their
own countries
data provided by:
www.devex.com