Who says AmeriCorps service is just a phase in your life? Or that members can't serve themselves while serving the community? As an AmeriCorps member, you have a great opportunity to take your next step—career, education, or continued service.

Service and Your Career

For many, AmeriCorps service is the first step toward a rewarding career in public service. Helping to address critical community needs can be inspiring—and the needs never go away. Putting your idealism, energy, and experience to work in a career that helps others can be the perfect way to incorporate your service into the rest of your life.

• Learn about finding a job that builds on your service

Service and Your Education

One of the best rewards for your dedication to service is your AmeriCorps Education Award. You can use your AmeriCorps Education Award to pay education costs at qualified institutions of higher education, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans. And that gives you an opportunity to learn a whole new set of skills, or build on the skills and knowledge you gained as an AmeriCorps member.

• Learn more about the AmeriCorps Education Award

Service and Your Community

AmeriCorps members take a pledge to continue serving their communities after their term of service. Put your skills and experience to work and:

• Volunteer with a local project: Search the USA Freedom Corps Volunteer Network 
• Attend community meetings
• Share your opinions with your local newspaper
• Become involved with your neighborhood school
• Consider a career in public service

Your time in AmeriCorps is just one step in your commitment to public service. Let that commitment continue to influence the choices you make in life.