From Amy Potthast, who first announced this news on her blog, The New Service.
This week we launched a free, downloadable book called Service Corps to Social Impact Career. It's a companion to
The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers, and it's intended for national and international service corps audiences of all ages.
Most resources and trainings focusing on “life after the corps” begin and end with career search skill building.
Service Corps to Social Impact Career is unique; it emphasizes integrating career development throughout the term of service.
The book highlights practices that current corps members can incorporate during their service experience which will also prepare them for their next steps: discerning one's professional calling, gaining relevant skills, building relationships, and documenting accomplishments.
For corps members actively transitioning from their Peace Corps, Americorps, or other service term to a career or further education,
Service Corps to Social Impact Career also provides concrete advice on representing one's transferable skills in person and on paper, as well as suggestions for handling the emotional and logistical challenges of the transition.
The book also offers tips for corps members just starting out in a new job, with discussions of adjusting to new income, taking ownership of their work, supporting their former corps, continuing their professional development, and much more.
Check it out at
idealist.org/lifeafter...and if you think it's useful, please pass it on!
