Volunteering- good for the soul but what about a job?

It was recently suggested in a newspaper that volunteering will gain us the experience required for a job. Although I love to volunteer and have done so on more than three occasions I can't seem to find a place for it on my CV.

I would rather think that work experience in the field you want to work in would be far more beneficial than volunteering in an unrelated industry. As much as teaching Afican children English helps the soul it doesn't help your chances of employment. Am I a bad person for reaching a point where I choose helping myself over an opportunity to help others? As much as I'd like to say that volunteering my time is sufficient whenever I do volunteer I am often then asked for money. So I would say, not from a place of ignorance, but of experience that having both time and money is the most beneficial thing for a volunteering experience.