Volunteer for Committees and Conferences

If you are looking for experiences and the ability to meet people and expand your network of people you know--volunteer to help with a professional organization's committees.

That is the easy part. The hard part will be participating and making a positive contribution to the group's efforts. Do the dirty jobs no one wants to do to start out. Be dependable and do what you say you are going to do. The worst thing that could happen is to get a bad reputation out of your volunteer efforts.

Hopefully your work will be noticed and it will provide a positive reference for when it comes time to have people refer you to jobs in the profession.