Participate in an event where you can assist job seekers in developing an effective resume, upgrade LinkedIn profiles or improve interview skills. These events allow volunteers to work directly with job seekers and have an impact of elevating job seeker confidence. JPMorgan Chase spent time with WHW job seekers reviewing their resumes, providing constructive feedback and helping to provide direction to this critical job search tool.

Share your  wisdom, experience and expertise with WHW job seekers and help to reskill and upskill candidates. These professional development opportunities create continuous learning, increase critical thinking and build the confidence necessary for a successful job search. Union Bank presented a three-part series on the Customer Experience, training job seekers on how to maintain a high level of customer service in all industries.

Host a career panel to share industry information, providing job seekers an opportunity to learn about options and what skills and abilities are important for success. Share what resources are available to those who are interested in making a career transition. Salesforce professionals shared their personal and professional stories with WHW job seekers, inspiring attendees to search out new opportunities.

Make an in-kind donation to help WHW provide services to job seekers that would otherwise be unaffordable or that frees up resources to be spent on something else. Pacific Dental donated 100 toothbrushes, tubes of toothpaste and packages of floss for job seekers in need. These items allowed WHW to meet a critical need in the lives of many of our participants.

Hold a clothing drive to provide apparel and accessories to job seekers for interviews or for work and to support WHW’s social enterprise, Deja New Retail Store. Edwards Lifesciences employee teamed up with her daughter, a member of Assisteens, to collect nearly 200 articles of clothing, accessories and personal care items to support WHW job seekers.

Write notes of encouragement to WHW job seekers who are often working hard to overcome barriers to employment. Consider sharing your favorite quote and help motivate a job seeker to confidently move forward in their journey to employment. Zonta Club of Newport Harbor created 100 personal care packages for job seekers that included personally written notes of  support.