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The KeelWorks Foundation is driven by volunteers. We use try to give volunteers a real industry experience with clear process, guidelines, and objective role criteria. We allow volunteers to represent their volunteer experience as actual work experience, if they contribute. We have volunteer roles for experienced professionals and internships for career changers or those at entry-level to a given discipline. At every level, KeelWorks applies the collaborative model.
Internship Requirements
Current Internships
Whatever your goal in life, experience is a great teacher. If you have education but need job experience, a KeelWorks internship can fix this. If you have a career interest, a KeelWorks internship provides a testing ground.
We treat interns and volunteers as we would employees, perhaps because we are all volunteers. Comply with the volunteer/internship agreement and we'll provide the reference. Our volunteers and interns add KeelWorks experience to their resume just as they do any job, and we respond to prospective employers as we would for an employee (we don't refer to pay or status).
Volunteer Needs Department and section leads donate five hours a week. They are responsible for department/section process, process guidelines, and they support an internship program for their field. All work is collaborative, department managers work with section managers and departments have support from other departments as well. With only five hours a week, KeelWorks must spread the load. Volunteers generally manage a unit, but we also have volunteers who simply support sections.
Most volunteers participate to support the vision, but some have an additional motive. Experienced professionals who want to advance to a leading role us a KeelWorks volunteer role as a stepping stone. Many discover that employers want a track record of leadership; experience and knowledge is secondary to them. A volunteer serving as a section or department manager obtains actual leadership experience they can add to their resume.
KeelWorks provides managers a clear structure for team collaboration and process documentation. When you build a KeelWorks unit and make it run, you demonstrate competence. Others participate for the simple pleasure of seeing effective structure in action. KeelWorks volunteer opportunities support career growth, and KeelWorks enthusiastically supports volunteers and interns in their job search.
Internship Requirements
- Minimum participation 5 hrs/wk (not including mentor meetings)
- Willingness to read Building Expertise by Ruth Clark
- Weekly team contact
- Process compliance and participation
- Wide-band web connection (at least occasionally)
- Ability to collaborate virtually (LinkedIn, Google Docs, Skype)
Current Internships
- Instructional Design: intern_id@keelworks.org
- Grant Writing Interns: intern_gw@keelworks.org
- Graphic Art Interns: intern_ga@keelworks.org
Whatever your goal in life, experience is a great teacher. If you have education but need job experience, a KeelWorks internship can fix this. If you have a career interest, a KeelWorks internship provides a testing ground.
We treat interns and volunteers as we would employees, perhaps because we are all volunteers. Comply with the volunteer/internship agreement and we'll provide the reference. Our volunteers and interns add KeelWorks experience to their resume just as they do any job, and we respond to prospective employers as we would for an employee (we don't refer to pay or status).
Volunteer Needs Department and section leads donate five hours a week. They are responsible for department/section process, process guidelines, and they support an internship program for their field. All work is collaborative, department managers work with section managers and departments have support from other departments as well. With only five hours a week, KeelWorks must spread the load. Volunteers generally manage a unit, but we also have volunteers who simply support sections.
Most volunteers participate to support the vision, but some have an additional motive. Experienced professionals who want to advance to a leading role us a KeelWorks volunteer role as a stepping stone. Many discover that employers want a track record of leadership; experience and knowledge is secondary to them. A volunteer serving as a section or department manager obtains actual leadership experience they can add to their resume.
KeelWorks provides managers a clear structure for team collaboration and process documentation. When you build a KeelWorks unit and make it run, you demonstrate competence. Others participate for the simple pleasure of seeing effective structure in action. KeelWorks volunteer opportunities support career growth, and KeelWorks enthusiastically supports volunteers and interns in their job search.
- Program Managers: KeelMid and KeelMate
- Internship Recruiting Section Manager
- Grantwriting Section Manager
- Web Development Section Manager
- Volunteer Section Manager
- Financial Department Director
- Marketing Department Director
- Public Relations Section Manager
- Section coordinators and other "worker bees"