Volunteering Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Charity & Voluntary

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Volunteering Skills List in Charity & Voluntary

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Volunteering role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Volunteering job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 33% of Volunteering job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
33%
customer service
25%
communication skills
20%
conservation
20%
hospitality
20%
sustainability
20%
fundraising
18%
resilience
13%
charity
13%
volunteer management
10%
events
8%
corporate partnerships
8%
charities
8%
training
5%
people skills
5%
trusts
5%
interpersonal skills
5%
networking
5%
marketing assistant
5%
hr
5%
volunteer manager
5%
supervision
5%
social care
5%
overseeing
5%
leadership
5%
disability
5%
organisational development
5%
activity
5%
volunteer coordinator
5%
volunteer recruitment
5%
voluntary sector
3%
fundraiser
3%
marketing executive
3%
stewardship
3%
computer literate
3%
major donors
3%
marketing
3%
written communication
3%
support officer
3%
volunteer support
3%
volunteer support coordinator
3%
activity development leader
3%
corporate partnerships manager
3%
corporate partnerships officer
3%
head of corporate fundraising
3%
field sales
3%
account management
3%
income
3%
partnerships
3%
pipeline
3%
prospecting
3%
relationship management
3%
corporate fundraising
3%
new business
3%
admin
3%
administration
3%
volunteer
3%
volunteering
3%
volunteering coordinator
3%
community development worker
3%
volunteer engagement
3%
community engagement office
3%
passion
3%
business development
3%
priority setting
3%
public sector
3%
veterans
3%
donations
3%
foundations
3%
addiction
3%
counselling
3%
counsellor
3%
gambling
3%
building professional relationships
3%
community groups
3%
positive personality
3%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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