Encouraging long-term job seekers to do voluntary work have immense advantages.
Firstly, doing voluntary work can provide a sense of community to those helpers. In my previous interaction with under-employers, they share a sense of powerless. Most of them feel like they are insufficent to their society. In worse case, receipts may commit-suicide and suffer from mental illness boils to their low-self-esteem. Seen in this light, being a helper can provide a sense of belongings. Volunteers can find their talents and value during the activity, finally improve their self-esteem and enlarge their social circle.
Secondly, involving long-term job seekers in pro-social activity can promote a better society. Nowadays, majorty of the people complain about “inequality”. They argue that the long-term job seeker only live as a benefit receiver, who neither work hard nor contributing to the community. If these complaints broadcast day in and day out, social crisis such as street-walk may occur. Therethore, volunteering provide benfit receipt a way to give back to the community. If citizens visual the unemployers are making effort to contibute, they will be less agressive and create a peaceful neighbourhood.
Thridly, volunteering allows the long-term job seekers to interact with different parties in the society. They can share their difficulties and the reason