JANUARY FOCUS – VOCATIONAL SERVICE

JANUARY FOCUS on VOCATIONAL SERVICE through THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

Vocational Service – Five ways‡

Here are five ways you can incorporate Vocational Service in your club activities:

1. Host a club meeting at your workplace and share about your profession; take time to learn about fellow members’ occupations. 2. Use your skills and expertise to serve a community. 3. Practice your profession with integrity and inspire others to behave ethically through your words and actions. 4. Work with local businesses to create mentorship, internship, or practicum opportunities to help young people achieve their career goals. 5. Guide and encourage others in their professional development.

Below is an example of Vocational Service in Action.

USING YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE FOR SERVICE

(https://rotaryserviceblog.org/2022/01/11/use-your-professional-expertise-for-service/) Posted on January 11, 2022 by rotaryservice – by Rotary Service & Engagement Staff

January is Vocational Service Month. This is an opportunity to think about how your club and district engages fellow Rotary and Rotaract members through their professional skills or vocations, and how they bring Rotary’s ideals into their workplace.

‡Rotary Service Blog

In bringing together people from diverse professions and backgrounds, Rotary recognizes the importance of all skills and occupations.

In Rotary, your professional life and vocational service can work together. Members have a responsibility to represent their occupations within their club and to exemplify the ideals of Rotary in their workplace.

Above - Rotary members in Switzerland founded Rotarians for the Professional Integration of Youth Refugees (ROBIJ), an apprenticeship program pairing young people who arrived as refugees with local trade businesses looking for skilled workers.

Above - Career mentors connected with professional women from the Chicagoland area to discuss using leadership skills to resolve issues in the workplace and in the community during a Rotary-sponsored speed mentoring event in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

This month, consider how you can bring the idea of vocational service to life. Consider:

1. Using your skills to serve a community. 2. Sharing your expertise. 3. Connecting with others. 4. Helping young professionals achieve their career goals.

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