The Different Between the Volunteered Staff and Paid Staff

The different between the volunteered staff and paid staff

With the development of the society，volunteering is very popular in the advanced or rich countries such as Canada, United States, United Kingdom and other western nation. Lots of people not only a paid staff, but also a volunteered staff. Although they are both staff, they still have some differences, such as working reasons, working requirements, and working hours.

Firstly, the reasons they work is different. There are three reasons for people choice paying job, such as earning a living, increase working skill and experience, and raising pays and promotion. For example, most people need to earn a living and so the decision to get a paying job, not a choice. They can increase their technical expertise during the work. Some people actualized themselves through the work, such as raising pays and promotion, expectations, dreams, plans, and ambitions.

In contrast, volunteering is not a substitute for paying work; it is most often done in addition to earning a living. Most people join volunteer because they can use their skill to benefits others, do something good for other, improve interpersonal skills, and making friends. After that, most volunteers will see the world differently after their time away with nonprofit organizations. Volunteers will get pleasure and fulfillment during the volunteering. After investigation, “Many stated that their volunteer activities had given them a chance to develop new skills; for example, about two-thirds (64%) said their interpersonal skills had improve. Volunteers also thought their volunteer experience had given them better skills in communications (44%), organizing (39%), fundraising (33%) and technical or office work (27%). One-third (34%) also reported that working as a volunteer had increased their knowledge of such subjects as health, women's or political issues, criminal justice or the environment.”(Canada.ca)