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Personal History: Volunteer?

confusedapplicant

Star Member
Jan 15, 2015
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Hi -

I am trying to fill up the personal history form and wondering how I am supposed to fill out info for volunteer experience.

The position was not with an organization so I can't put it under "Organization" (ie. it wasn't with some non-profit youth shelter or whatever an "organization" is). The experience was basically some sort of job shadowing while helping out a little bit, so more like unpaid internship (eg. once a week for 4 months, etc)

What should I put under "Activity Type", options are:

  • Educational Activity
  • Employment
  • Government
  • Military
  • Organization
  • Incarcerated
  • Unemployed
  • Homemaker
  • Retired

I am thinking it's between: Educational, Employment, or Organization

  • Educational Activity - but this is not some study / school
  • Employment - but this is unpaid, volunteer position so wasn't "employed"
  • Organization - but this wasn't with some kind of organizational group like student group or non-profit

Thoughts?

Thanks!
 

Nightrocker

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Feb 27, 2011
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confusedapplicant said:
Hi -

I am trying to fill up the personal history form and wondering how I am supposed to fill out info for volunteer experience.

The position was not with an organization so I can't put it under "Organization" (ie. it wasn't with some non-profit youth shelter or whatever an "organization" is). The experience was basically some sort of job shadowing while helping out a little bit, so more like unpaid internship (eg. once a week for 4 months, etc)

What should I put under "Activity Type", options are:

  • Educational Activity
  • Employment
  • Government
  • Military
  • Organization
  • Incarcerated
  • Unemployed
  • Homemaker
  • Retired

I am thinking it's between: Educational, Employment, or Organization

  • Educational Activity - but this is not some study / school
  • Employment - but this is unpaid, volunteer position so wasn't "employed"
  • Organization - but this wasn't with some kind of organizational group like student group or non-profit

Thoughts?

Thanks!

If you did this activity during your studies, then I would suggest to go with Educational Activity. In the description put (unpaid work).
 

confusedapplicant

Star Member
Jan 15, 2015
92
2
Nightrocker said:
If you did this activity during your studies, then I would suggest to go with Educational Activity. In the description put (unpaid work).
It's more like summer breaks, or rather the summer after you graduate undergrad and before you start grad school.