what kind of volunteer are you?
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Volunteer Scavenger Hunt
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The Benefits of Volunteering
• Add Canadian workplace experience to your resume
• Improve your English
• Meet new people and make friends
• Just feel good about yourself
You may not be paid when working as a
volunteer but you will gain
a lot:
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Learn more about Volunteering in Canada
• Read this excellent brochure:
http://volunteer.ca/content/building-blocks-newcomers-volunteering-newcomer%E2%80%99s-guide-volunteering
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What kind of Volunteer are you?
• Take this interactive test:
• http://www.getinvolved.ca/vquiz/english/
This activity is a great tool for vocabulary building – and it is quite entertaining!
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How to find the right volunteer position ?
The Internet is a great source when looking for a volunteer position
that might interest you and
that is related to the position you are interested in.
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How to find the right volunteer position ?
Volunteer Manitoba offers a search function to find volunteer positions:
http://www.mbvolunteer.ca/index.php?option=com_jobline&Itemid=5&task=search
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Ready for a scavenger hunt?
Task 1:
There is a not-for-profit organization in Winnipeg that offers free fork lift training for their volunteers.
Can you find it online?
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Ready for a scavenger hunt?
There is a not-for-profit organization in Winnipeg that offers free fork lift training for their volunteers.
Got it?
Share it with your study partner
and send a message by Skype to one of our
e-Facilitators
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Scavenger hunt
Here is a guide to help you with your web-search:
There are several organizations where you can
find meaningful volunteer positions.
So, how do you find them?
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Four Steps
WhatKey-
wordsSearch Engines Evaluate
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Step 1: State what you want to find
First, in one or two sentences, state
what you want to find on the Internet.
For example: What
I want to find a volunteer
position as an accountant
in Brandon.
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Step 2: Identify keywords
Next, underline the main concepts in the
statement.
I want to find a volunteer position as an accountant in Brandon.
Now you have the key words that you use in your search.
Key-words
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Step 3: Try different search engines
A lot of people say that they “google” something
when they look for information online. The verb
‘to google something’ came with the popularity
of the Google search engine. However, there are
numerous search engines out there, e.g.
- Yahoo! www.yahoo.ca
- Bing www.bing.com
- Other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines
Search Engines
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Step 4: Evaluate the results
You are almost done
Now, explore some of the results (first 10 links)
and choose your favourite one or two or three…
Remember to save the links to your Favourites (=
bookmark them) so you can easily find them in
your Internet browser.
Evaluate
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Thank you!
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