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

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Volunteers Skills List in Charity & Voluntary

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Volunteers role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Volunteers job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 44% of Volunteers job descriptions contained communication skills as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

communication skills
44%
resilience
44%
sales
38%
customer service
19%
charity
19%
interpersonal skills
13%
people skills
13%
fundraising
13%
commission
13%
volunteer management
13%
admin
13%
administration
13%
building professional relationships
7%
field sales
7%
community groups
7%
community fundraising
7%
networking
7%
positive personality
7%
priority setting
7%
clerical
7%
administrator
7%
admin assistant
7%
passion
7%
voluntary sector
7%
training
7%
supervision
7%
social care
7%
overseeing
7%
leadership
7%
events
7%
volunteer recruitment
7%
activity
7%
organisational development
7%
hr
7%
disability
7%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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