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Career Planning: 10 Steps to Getting a Job
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Goal Setting & Aiming High is a valuable, transferable workplace skill — and goal setting & aiming high volunteering is one of the smartest, lowest-cost ways to build it. Employers value people who can evidence real, transferable skills. On Vinspired, real volunteering becomes evidence you can put on your CV.
What is goal setting & aiming high?
Goal Setting & Aiming High is a valuable, transferable workplace skill. You can develop it for free — while doing something genuinely useful for a cause.
How volunteering builds goal setting & aiming high
You build goal setting & aiming high by doing, not just by reading about it. Through volunteering you might find yourself:
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- mentoring someone one-to-one
Each one gives you a concrete story to tell in an interview or on an application.
Who is goal setting & aiming high for?
Everyone. Whether you’re a student building a UCAS or CV story, a graduate breaking into your first role, or a professional levelling up, goal setting & aiming high is a skill you can keep growing — while helping a cause that needs you.
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There are 167 live opportunities available right now, across 33 organisations. Browse goal setting & aiming high roles and filter by what fits your schedule, location and interests.
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Goal Setting & Aiming High Roles
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CatsProtection Animal Welfare Fundraising Volunteer - Tain Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, and our vision is a world w... Remote, Onsite, and Hybrid Tain Added
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CatsProtection Animal Welfare Fundraising Volunteer - Inverness Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, and our vision is a world w... Remote, Onsite, and Hybrid Nairn Added
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CatsProtection Animal Welfare Fundraising Volunteer-Stranraer Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, and our vision is a world w... Remote, Onsite, and Hybrid Stranraer Added
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434th Manchester Scout Group Community Support Youth Leader - Team Member The Section Team plans, delivers, and runs quality programmes safely. They make sure al... Onsite Remote Added
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Bylines Network Animal Welfare Writer Researching and writing news articles, features, reviews or interviews. Working with ed... Remote Remote Added
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Centrepoint Arts & Culture Independent life Skills Volunteer - Cooking (Ealing) As an Independent Life Skills volunteer, you will be supporting the delivery of our Lif... Onsite London Added
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SCHOOL2U VIRTUAL ACADEMY
We bring the school to you Our mission is to build a more inclusive and equitable education system where every young person can succeed 1 opportunity -
Bylines Network
We are a nonprofit publisher using citizen journalism to fill gaps in local news, build community, strengthen democra... 1 opportunity -
Vinspired
Unite, Impact, Inspire Since 2006, Vinspired has been a beacon for young volunteers, igniting the passion for community service among thousa... 99 opportunities -
Bridlington Cricket Foundation
At Bridlington Cricket Foundation, we harness the power of cricket and outdoor recreation to create magical experienc... 1 opportunity -
St Dunstan's College
St Dunstan's College is an co-educational, independent school located in Catford, south London. St Dunstan's is an am... 2 opportunities -
It Gets Better UK
It Gets Better is an international movement which envisions a world where all LGBTQ+ youth are free to live equally a... 1 opportunity -
Healthwatch Leeds
Healthwatch Leeds gives people a powerful voice on health and social care services in Leeds and beyond. Healthwatch L... 3 opportunities -
Churston Ferrers Grammar School
Churston Ferrers Grammar School provides a wide variety of opportunities within the school for students to take respo... 0 opportunities -
Gateshead Youth Council
Gateshead Youth Council (GYC) is an organisation which has been in existence since 1979. We are youth centred, youth ... 3 opportunities -
Rainbows Hospice for Children & Young People
Rainbows is the only hospice in the East Midlands dedicated to providing specialist care and support services for bab... 10 opportunities -
Unfold
Empowerment through volunteering Driven by highly trained, volunteer mentors, Unfold offer support that works for lasting change. We provide 1-2-1 men... 6 opportunities -
The Access Project
The Access Project supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique comb... 4 opportunities -
Ebor Academy Trust
Ebor Academy Trust: One School, Many Sites Understanding Ebor Academy TrustWith its headquarters in York, Ebor Academy Trust is a systems-led primary focussed m... 1 opportunity -
Rephael House Counselling Centre
Our aim is to improve people's mental/emotional health through talking therapies Rephael House is an independent charity established since 1997 offering one to one professional therapy. Now ba... 1 opportunity -
Treviglas Academy
Stay closer go further! We are a competitive 6th form centre, in the coastal town of Newquay offering level 3 educational experiences in a va... 0 opportunities -
GT Scholars
The GT Scholar's programme is a social enterprise that tackles educational inequality by helping pupils gain access t... 20 opportunities -
Marie Curie
Whatever the illness, we’re with you to the end Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the U... 3 opportunities -
KEEN London
With KEEN, you can! KEEN London is a small but growing charity. Our vision is that every child has the chance to enjoy games and leisure ... 1 opportunity -
Genius Abroad
Helping one person might not change the whole world but it can change the world for one person. At Genius Abroad, we believe that talent knows no boundaries. By breaking down language barriers, providing tailored ... 1 opportunity -
Powered By CAN
Powered by CAN is a twenty-first century youth organisation without walls. We support people aged under 35 in the Bla... 2 opportunities -
TLDM Ltd
Talk Less Do More. We are a Social Enterprise dedicated to address critical common issues amongst young people ages 11-16 within the UK.... 1 opportunity -
ReachOut
We build socio-emotional skills that transform outcomes for young people constrained by circumstance At ReachOut, we believe that socio-emotional skills are overlooked foundational skills which improve success at schoo... 1 opportunity -
African Community School
The African Community School’s vision is for a city in which everyone is fulfilling their potential, free from povert... 1 opportunity -
Trailblazers Mentoring
Inspire New Futures Trailblazers is a UK charity which provides 1:1 mentorship and practical support to people in prison and post release... 3 opportunities -
Green Meadows
Local action on climate change We're building a community that can tackle climate change together, starting with The Meadows. Through a people centr... 1 opportunity -
Hire Purpose
Recruitment for a brighter future 1 opportunity -
Tees Valley Museums
Tees Valley Museums Consortium consists of the museum services of Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbr... 1 opportunity -
CPRE Buckinghamsire
The Buckinghamshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is an environmental charity dedicated to t... 2 opportunities -
Canterbury Oast Trust
Supporting me to live my life COT are a charity supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism through providing accommodation services, t... 2 opportunities -
Remedi
Empowering people, changing lives. Remedi are a charity that has been at the forefront of the development and delivery of Restorative Justice, services ... 1 opportunity -
Barnardo's
Changing Childhoods. Changing Lives. When life gets tough or it feels like there’s nowhere to turn, Barnardo’s is here.We make sure children and young peo... 19 opportunities -
Supporting Humanity
Supporting wellbeing through compassion, connection and community care. Supporting Humanity is a UK registered charity founded in 2021, focused on mental health, bereavement and community w... 1 opportunity -
The Confidence Academy
Get Britain Moving 1 opportunity -
Aaron Opoku Foundation Mentorship
Inspiring the next generation to achieve their career aspirations. At the Aaron Opoku Foundation, our vision is to inspire younger generations to believe in themselves, providing suppo... 1 opportunity -
The North Halifax Grammar School
Where who you are now meets who you are meant to be! Where your academic endeavour is celebrated. Where you can belong. Where your experience is unique and individual. 0 opportunities -
North Yorkshire Police
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Ross-on-Wye Sea Cadets & Royal Marine Cadets
Welcome to a different kind of adventure, launching young people for life today The Sea Cadets is the UK’s leading maritime charity and provides a head start in life for young people through nautic... 1 opportunity -
Enrych
Supporting adults across Leicestershire to rediscover what’s possible. Founded in 1986 by Leonard Cheshire and Sue Ryder, Enrych was built on a simple but powerful belief: disabled people ... 0 opportunities
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