Volunteer, mentor vs liaison

The differences between volunteers, mentor and liaisons can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a volunteer, mentor and a liaison. Additionally, a liaison has an average salary of $53,737, which is higher than the $32,613 average annual salary of a volunteer, mentor.

The top three skills for a volunteer, mentor include role model, at-risk children and mathematics. The most important skills for a liaison are patients, customer service, and home health.

Volunteer, mentor vs liaison overview

	Volunteer, Mentor	Liaison
Yearly salary	$32,613	$53,737
Hourly rate	$15.68	$25.84
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	2,634	34,074
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	12	12

Volunteer, mentor vs liaison salary

Volunteers, mentor and liaisons have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Volunteer, Mentor	Liaison
Average salary	$32,613	$53,737
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $41,000	Between $30,000 And $95,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between volunteer, mentor and liaison education

There are a few differences between a volunteer, mentor and a liaison in terms of educational background:

	Volunteer, Mentor	Liaison
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	SUNY at Binghamton	Northwestern University

Volunteer, mentor vs liaison demographics

Here are the differences between volunteers, mentor' and liaisons' demographics:

	Volunteer, Mentor	Liaison
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 34.9% Female, 65.1%	Male, 41.9% Female, 58.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.7% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 6.8% White, 54.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 6.9% White, 55.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between volunteer, mentor and liaison duties and responsibilities

Volunteer, mentor example responsibilities.

Train staff members on managing contacts, scheduling programs, and running analytic reports with the Salesforce program.
Work one-on-one with elementary school students with reading, writing, and mathematics.
Participate in leadership training, athletic activities, summer enrichment, and weekend programs direct toward positively influencing children.
Develop time management and leadership skills through teamwork -promote a learning environment that feature mutual respect, trust and encouragement
Facilitate PowerPoint presentations regarding operation contingencies.
Facilitate PowerPoint presentations regarding operation contingencies.

Liaison example responsibilities.

Manage and increase social activity of the WVUncovered twitter account.
Manage and create original content for all social media platforms (twitter, instagram, tumblr).
Manage social media outlets for the organization; such as Facebook, update weekly status and weekly inspirational videos.
Educate physician group practices to reduce hospitalizations, increase positive patient outcomes & achieve meaningful use of EMR systems.
Perform assessments on ICU patients and market to many members of the health care team.
Work predominantly ICU cases, acquiring considerable experience with high-level complex patients.

Volunteer, mentor vs liaison skills

Common volunteer, mentor skills

Role Model, 23%
at-Risk Children, 14%
Mathematics, 13%
at-Risk Youth, 8%
Self Esteem, 6%
Emotional Support, 4%

Common liaison skills

Patients, 24%
Customer Service, 14%
Home Health, 10%
Rehabilitation, 5%
Social Work, 5%
Patient Care, 5%