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VOLUNTEERING
At SEO London, we believe in the power of giving back and building a strong community of capable participants and alumni. Witnessing the positive impact our programmes have on their lives is truly inspiring.
In today's challenging times, our participants and alumni need support and guidance from seasoned professionals in our targeted sectors more than ever before. You can make a difference in their lives by joining our volunteering programme, and sharing your knowledge and expertise with the next generation.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
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Strengthen the confidence of our programme participants and alumni
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Increase their chances in securing positions in the corporate sector
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Support our partner firms in achieving greater diversity and inclusion objectives
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Contribute to giving back to your community and the charity
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Help SEO London reach out to students who need our programmes and services the most around the UK
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Widen your perspective and enhance your people development skills
OUR VOLUNTEERS
Our volunteers are individuals who believe in our mission and values, and will support us in achieving them. Ideally, they have work experience in one of our target industries or expertise in offering career support and advice. They are also compassionate, approachable, punctual, active listeners, and know how to provide constructive feedback, serving as positive role models.
OUR VOLUNTEERING ROLES
Mentoring
Guide your mentee throughout their career journey, supporting them in improving their decision-making, problem-solving and communication skills. Assist them with applications, mock interviews and confidence building. Meet once a month or more to answer your mentee’s questions, and see how you can support them achieve their career goals.
Application Review
Increase a programme participant’s chances in securing an internship or a grad role through providing them with application guidance. This low time commitment volunteering role will make a difference in many participants’ career search, and will help make the corporate world more diverse.
Mock Interviews
Support a participant to build confidence in a virtual interview. Run through some of the classic warm up, competency and strength-based questions and give encouraging feedback and tips for strengthening their answers.
Alumni Buddy-up
Befriend an SEO London alum who’s joining your company. Exchange expertise and knowledge with them, help them in their transition, introduce them to your network, and recommend good spots for lunch!
Training
SEO London has been known for delivering high quality training to our participants. We collaborate with our alumni and supporters to provide the most relevant trainings and keep our participants up-to-date with the most recent practices. We encourage our alumni and supporters to lead these sessions and share their knowledge with the new generation.
Guest speaker/panellist
Throughout their journey with SEO London, participants are kept up to date on the market and the most recent practices through our programmes and events. We are always on the lookout for guest speakers or panellists willing to share their knowledge and perspectives on certain trends or subjects to enrich our participants’ knowledge and experience.
Affinity Group Ambassador (alumni only)
Our industry ambassadors support our activities within our sponsor firms. Become our point of contact within your firm, and cascade SEO London’s news to other SEO alumni within your company. Connect with new SEO London alumni joining your company and help them feel valued within your organisation, introducing them to other like-minded alumni and helping them make connections.
Running and hosting events
Suggest and run career or social events that you would like to run with SEO London’s alumni or participants. If you can also provide a space to host these events, that’s even better! The events can provide new perspectives and information to our participants or alumni, or they can simply be networking events.
Firm Ambassdor
SEO London has been known for delivering high quality training to our participants. We collaborate with our alumni and supporters to provide the most relevant trainings and keep our participants up-to-date with the most recent practices. We encourage our alumni and supporters to take part in these trainings and share their knowledge with the new generation.
Other (please provide details)
You have other ways of supporting and volunteering with us? Get in touch! volunteering@seo-london.org
OUR VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
Once signed up, where to find these opportunities?
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Through our monthly alumni newsletter (alumni only): We add any upcoming opportunities to our monthly newsletter, and we provide a link to sign up.
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Through email communications: We notify all our volunteers of new volunteering opportunities, along with instructions on how to sign up and participate.
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Through reaching out to us: Email us at volunteering@seo-london.org and we’ll let you know what’s available.