3.0
Aug 12, 2010
Anonymous employee
Current employee
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Pros
Great opportunities for networking and professional skill building. You learn money management skills very quickly - you have to, you're going to be extremely poor for the next year. Great for recent college grads because you're with a lot of people around your same age group. Friendships easy to build.
Cons
AmeriCorps has been a great experience for me in a lot of ways, but sometimes I just feel flat-out used. Everyone in AmeriCorps is not going to have the same experience though, due to members being placed in a variety of situations. It all has to do with what the management at your specific site is like, and whether they treat you like volunteers or slave labor