Professional Volunteer/Student

     To assist my job hunt, I started a LinkedIn Account.  From what I could surmise, it's basically a professionally oriented social network.  Facebook sort of has a place for listing employment history, but this aspect is the cornerstone for LinkedIn.  Anyway, I signed up and posted my job history, education, and skills, with the hope that someone may come along and offer me a job.    The skills portion really bugged me in that I had only a few skills posted (Microsoft Office, Ubuntu, etc).  I had a Bachelors Degree, but few skills to tangibly market to a prospective employer.  Mind you, I don't like to think I'm a proud person, so I don't like to pompously boast abilities.
     A few days later, I decided to add some more skills, specifically things I did when I was in a club or volunteering.  Experience is experience, right?  I didn't want my profile to echo the sentiments of a desperate "I can do...stuff."  Problem was, I didn't know exactly what to add.  I logged on with my iPod and, to my surprise, everything I could think to add (or didn't think) was there under "Suggested Skills."  It's like the career gods read my mind and put everything there, waiting for me to add to my profile.  I went all out and added everything I could build a case for (volunteer coordinating, event planning, and photography with the Anglo-Celtic Club way back in 2007-08; record keeping and teaching with the Geology Club; research, editing, and social media as a student; experience with a non-profit and Spanish in Ecuador; et cetera).  When I was done, I had dozens of skills added, up from a paltry four or five.  Even though most of what I had added were acquired as a student or a volunteer, seeing a tangible collection of my abilities on the screen definitely made me better about what I could offer in the professional world.