Looking for more job experience?

Often students find that jobs they’re applying for require a lot of experience. But they need a job to get experience, but the jobs require experience… what should they do?  This can be especially true today.  I always recommend volunteer experience as a great way to get real world experience that can build on your existing experiences.  I saw this in today’s Anita Borg Institute newsletter and think it’s very relevant  (looks like they’d like two years of exp):

Volunteer Web Developer/Webmaster Wanted

This is a great opportunity to build your resume and earn free admission to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing! The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is seeking a volunteer web developer/webmaster to help update and maintain the gracehopper.org conference web site. For a summary of responsibilities and required experience see Volunteer Gracehopper.org Web Developer/Webmaster Wanted.

What volunteer work do you do?