27 years old and no job experience

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We have quite high unemployment rate in Poland (13%),,
I do not have job and I never had, I have Zero experience, I wonder if anyone was ever in similar situations.

I'm close. I'm 38 and only had 2 jobs ever. 1 lasted 2 weeks and 1 lasted 5 weeks. They were so long ago and I remember so little about them that I couldn't really put them on a job application.

I haven't done a lot of paid work but I've done quite a lot of voluntary work to gain skills and experience. Could you do voluntary work? I think it looks great to employers as shows you are motivated to work even when not getting paid etc.

Yes, I was wondering whether to sign up to volunteer at an animal shelter in my town, I've always liked animals, especially cats

25, but have never had paid work but greatful for having about nearly a years of work experience during degree study.

youtube would be a better choice... harder to fire someone who is self employed and paided from google to make entertainment videos...

my choice

Volunteering is a good way to get experience. And, after a while being there, you will have to get involved and network a bit. Networking to me means learning a lot about the people around you, asking them questions so that you get a good sense of who they are, then telling a bit about yourself in relation to what they have told you.

I'd say go for it! You never know, a paid role might open up there and then you'd be in an ideal position to get it. If not, at least it is a form of work experience and it is likely you will develop lots of transferable skills. Also, if you are aiming to work in a different field to animals, maybe try to get some voluntary work that is related to it. Then when a job does come up, you'll have given yourself the best possible chance of getting it.

Last edited by Moonranch on 10 Jul 2013, 1:23 am, edited 1 time in total.

The other good thing about volunteering, is that sometimes other people at the shelter might know about jobs that have just opened up.

I'm 51 and have never had a job; just voluntary work and workfare placements.

i'm sort of similiar to you, as in i'm your age except i've never had a professional, career job yet, as in a job that pays well above minimum-wage

When I was in high school I volunteered at a local non-profit television station. That led to my eventually being hired there and a rewarding 4-5 years working in that industry. So yes, I have found volunteer work to be a possible path to employment.

Same situation, though I'm not quite 27 yet. However, I have degrees (and in computer science too), but think with the H1B craze and my near 3 year gap, I'm all but dated out of my field, I feel I can't handle retail and call centers, don't drive so trucking is out, and that's all that there is pretty much around here. And I don't quite have the funds to move.

Thinking of being an author and going the self-employment route. It would be ideal, except that it's a gamble if I make enough to lose Medicaid but then don't make much for a long while and am stuck uninsured or on that terrible Obummercare exchange that still costs a bundle.