How to incorporate misc. volunteer experience in application Forum

[spencercross]

I'm applying to law school after many years of working as a graphic designer, and throughout my career I've made it a point to give time back to the design community and to help younger designers. I know the more concrete things I've done (e.g., "served on board of XYZ professional organization from year X to year Y") can be listed as line items on my resume, but I'm struggling a bit with how to incorporate the more random stuff. For example, I volunteer as a reviewer for a couple of different student portfolio reviews a few times a year, and twice a year I speak to a class at an art school about the practicalities of working as a designer and entrepreneurship. Are these even worth listing on my resume, or are they better addressed as part of my PS?

[BillsFan9907]

I'm applying to law school after many years of working as a graphic designer, and throughout my career I've made it a point to give time back to the design community and to help younger designers. I know the more concrete things I've done (e.g., "served on board of XYZ professional organization from year X to year Y") can be listed as line items on my resume, but I'm struggling a bit with how to incorporate the more random stuff. For example, I volunteer as a reviewer for a couple of different student portfolio reviews a few times a year, and twice a year I speak to a class at an art school about the practicalities of working as a designer and entrepreneurship. Are these even worth listing on my resume, or are they better addressed as part of my PS?

I put my volunteer work at the very bottom of my resume, where I also listed my artistic interests and language fluency. Are you a self-employed graphic designer? In that case, it would be appropriate to list the volunteer work under that header in your resume. Honestly, even if you work for someone else, I don't think it would be egregious in the least bit to place the volunteer work under your header as well.

[spencercross]

I'm applying to law school after many years of working as a graphic designer, and throughout my career I've made it a point to give time back to the design community and to help younger designers. I know the more concrete things I've done (e.g., "served on board of XYZ professional organization from year X to year Y") can be listed as line items on my resume, but I'm struggling a bit with how to incorporate the more random stuff. For example, I volunteer as a reviewer for a couple of different student portfolio reviews a few times a year, and twice a year I speak to a class at an art school about the practicalities of working as a designer and entrepreneurship. Are these even worth listing on my resume, or are they better addressed as part of my PS?

I put my volunteer work at the very bottom of my resume, where I also listed my artistic interests and language fluency. Are you a self-employed graphic designer? In that case, it would be appropriate to list the volunteer work under that header in your resume. Honestly, even if you work for someone else, I don't think it would be egregious in the least bit to place the volunteer work under your header as well.

Thanks. Yeah, I'm self-employed, but I have a whole section of "Community & Volunteer Experience" that would probably be a better place for it. I think I was just getting a little thrown because the items I'm talking about are structurally different that the other items in that section (i.e., no title, don't need a description, etc.), but I guess I'm probably overthinking it.