Yara from Jordan, a blog about my voluntary experience

Hello , this is Yara, from Jordan and this blog is about my voluntary experience.
As my volunteering program draws to a close and I reflect back on all I have learnt, I realize what an excellent experience this has been. I gathered much knowledge and a hands-on approach has been invaluable.

In my opinion, the best way to learn is by doing. I am truly grateful for this opportunity. It is a small taste of the real world. It helped reinforce my knowledge of responsibility, focus, and ambition. getting to work on time, fulfilling my word and completing all of the tasks that I was assigned.

I got tired, but didn’t give up. The only way to gain experience, and move up in the working world is to be driven, focused and to have a will to never give up. Open communication was one of the strongest and most apparent skills that I learned during my internship. As I go into the “real world” having this experience was good for me to start out as a professional.

I learned responsibilities of working: being on time, dressing professionally, working hard, and having supervisors…etc, is all part of having a job. I am very aware that I will be starting out at the bottom of any company that I work for only to work myself up. I know that I am starting all over and I am looking forward to that. Having this internship only gives me more of a competitive edge because I got experience from that.

Going to events and traveling, leading sessions in youth exchanges and creating the content for the sessions, have developed key skills , such as multitasking, communicating, learning to deal with diversity, and dealing with deadlines , this project was also a great way to network with people.

My internship has taught me a lot about my skill set and given me confidence in my own abilities. It has helped guide my career aspirations and will definitely help me in my future career choices. I will leave my internship with a toolbox much fuller than when I started. The knowledge I gained will help me to face the real world .My experience has brought me closer to my goals and I am excited for what the future has to bring!