A Bit of Philanthropy with Your Résumé?  Peter Slowe made his
foray into philanthropy in 1992, when he worked as a geography
professor at the University of Chichester in West Sussex in his
native Britain and noticed many of his students were intrigued
by the newly freed former Iron Curtain countries. They wanted to
help the citizens of these Eastern European nations, so Slowe
looked for opportunities for them to teach English and do other
work there. These endeavors went so well that he left teaching
and founded Projects Abroad, a volunteer placement organization
that matches prospective volunteers with educational, human
rights, medical, archaeological, sports, conservation, and other
projects in 26 countries, including Cambodia, Morocco, and Costa
Rica. This year, Projects Abroad placed some 8,000 volunteers
from all over the world.  So what does all this have to do with,
wince, career advancement? With unemployment rates' upward climb
in so many parts of the world—in the U.S., it's 9.6 percent,
according t