How You Can Help

The Silicon Valley SCORE Chapter is looking for men and women with significant business experience as owner and operator of a small business or executive level experience with larger companies.

Volunteers to SCORE provide:

• Counseling and mentoring to small companies

• Presenting business topics at workshops and seminars

• Coordinating special events such as trade shows, speaking engagements, etc.

• Managing the SCORE business information center

• Developing SCORE marketing programs

• Helping to keep the SCORE organization running.

What SCORE expects from its volunteers
Volunteers agree to contribute at least 16 hours per month for the activities described above. Volunteers are required to sign a non-conflict of interest ethics code. The office is managed by volunteers from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Counseling is normally scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Seminars are presented in the evening from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and during the week are presented from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Volunteers schedule mentoring sessions with clients at mutually agreeable times and locations. Counseling and mentoring can be in support of a variety of businesses ranging from a "mom and pop" sole proprietor to clients attempting to secure funding for a high tech start up.

Proprietary SCORE training includes hands-on participation in SCORE counseling sessions, in SCORE workshops, and in SCORE office management.

Training is typically completed within 90 days of acceptance of the candidate as a provisional member.

Current Needs

The Silicon Valley SCORE Chapter has openings for business professionals with general experience as outlined above. We are also especially interested in the following specific background.

• Restaurant management

• Banking / Financing / Accounting

• Insurance / Risk Management

• Retail sales

• Medical / Pharma

• Internet Development/Businesses with following skills/knowledge:

  • Basic web development (Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression, basic HTML, basic CSS)

  • PHP (intermediate skill level)

  • MySQL (Intermediate skill level)

  • Simple graphics creation (can use Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop and/or Corel Draw or equivalent)

  • Optional: Simple Javascript

We also invite qualified women and members of the minority community to talk to us about joining our diverse team of members.

In addition, we are also looking for volunteers with the following skills.

• Public relations

• Office administration

• Event organization

What You Can Expect from SCORE?

SCORE members receive many rewards, including:

• Satisfaction derived from giving back to the community using skills derived from personal experience

• Helping small businesses that otherwise cannot afford expert level business counseling

• Continuing education in the latest business methods from business experts and successful business owners

• Monthly members meetings with guest speakers

• Constant learning from co-counseling and involvement with fellow SCORE members, complimentary workshops and SCORE clients

• Social events providing opportunities for friendship with fellow SCORE members.