What about the resources?
We’ll provide you with all the resources you need to attend a careers fair, school visit or university talk. If you’re attending a careers fair to promote OR we can provide you with branded freebies and flyers for you to hand out (we find freebies always go down well with students!). We also have banners and promotional material to ensure everyone knows you’re representing The OR Society. If you're visiting a school and running a workshop, our resources include teacher notes and worksheets that we will make available to you. The resources that have been developed for the workshops are all based on real projects and have been adapted to make the suitable for school use. They are tried and tested and are “off-the-shelf” resources, meaning there’s minimal prep involved.
We have some digital resources for OR in Education in our online Resource Centre.
Time Commitment
The OR Society understands that your time is valuable and we only expect you to volunteer once per year. Of course, you are welcome to volunteer more frequently than this and we find that most volunteers love attending events and get involved with events every couple of months.
Training
We offer regular virtual training, where you have the opportunity to meet other volunteers, learn about the materials in a fun and friendly environment and get a brief overview of what we’re all about. We promise it will be lots of fun, and will equip you with the skills you need to run these workshops.