With increasing frequency, professional and popular publications contain
references to or case studies about women who have made a successful
transition from volunteer to paid employment through the use of skills
learned through their volunteer work. This article describes how a selected
sample of individuals in Virginia was able to transfer volunteer-developed
skills to paid employment. It also provides information about the extent to
which subjects were able to get college credit based on volunteer-developed
knowledge and skills and introduces the concept that such skills may also
be useful in initiating self-employment or obtaining supplemental income.
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