JCI Opportunities

Junior Chamber can be called an organization of opportunities. The opportunities available within Junior Chamber are numerous. Most members select those which cater to their particular needs and make the most of them.

Basically, there are four Areas of Opportunities within the organization: Individual, Community, International and Business. Projects are conducted in each Area. As the members work on these projects, they encounter opportunities for total development.

The personal benefits that you can achieve through JCI can be varied. It can be the means to the total development of your personality, and new horizons will be opened to you. As a member, you will learn to do so much more than you would in other associations. In the prime of your life, grasp the opportunity to become a person with real and varied skills.

As a member you should have three goals:

• To make yourself the best member of your chapter.
• To make your chapter the best chapter in Junior Chamber International.
• As a dedicated member, to help your chapter make your community the best local community in the world.

In achieving these goals, you do not have specific duties but you do have very real responsibilities. A few are listed below.

To Be Active

Junior Chamber membership offers you: skill training, personal development, community recognition, and the satisfaction of being deeply involved in programs of lasting benefit to others. However, these benefits are only available to the active member.

To Be Committed

The JCI requires a commitment to its ideals from its members, it demands dedication to hard work, and it calls for a deep understanding of the problems of people. If you can make this commitment, you will be an invaluable member of your chapter.

To Be A Contributor

Your chapter needs your contribution. Acquire the skill of speaking in public, think out ideas thoroughly, and present a reasoned argument in support of your views. Be prepared to listen to opposition and accept any good points that are made. Aim at being a member who is listened to and whose ideas are valued.

To Be Efficient

Efficiency is one of the keys to advancement. It is important that, you understand the task you were given, you participate fully with others involved and you do your bit to the best of your ability. Do not be afraid to ask if you do not understand. Do not hesitate to seek help if you feel this is necessary. There is no position in the Junior Chamber movement that is more important than any other, and each member is one link in the human chain of achievement.

To Be Dependable

Most Junior Chamber activities require teamwork, and it is up to you to pull your weight and do what is expected of you. At the same time, do not become so enthusiastic that you undertake more than you have the time to do. Having too much to do is as bad as doing nothing at all. The result is the same.