Milkmagn

I haven't had any work without pay... just volunteering... Do I have to put something down in the work experience section then, or should I leave it blank?

acadec

If you don't have anything that applies, just leave it blank. Lying on an application is a terrible idea. But it would be a good idea to write in your activities piece about how you chose to volunteer instead of work for money.

Lucky792

well it does say you can put other education experiences. u can always put a couple of those (eg. summer programs, etc)

tompucer

Would I put working (for no money) at my parent's own business or summer school under work experience?

cuRRent

tompucer, i suppose you could

harvard44

what is the difference between volunteer work and internship and working without getting paid? What if i volunteered to do an internship and did not get paid? What would this be? I dont understand this stuff.

Newjack88

internship without pay would be work experience. volunteering at a soup kitchen or something like that would not be work experience unless you had a job/position.

harvard44

Thanks, Newjack88
So voluteering to work at a hopstial for a month and working at an embassy as a secretary for 2 weeks certainly belong to work experience, right?

Newjack88

ehhh idk about that. i think volunteering at a hospital is just community service. the other one does not really sound like you had a specific job/internship. to play it safe i would mention that in the activities document. or if you are really afraid of leaving the working experience part blank, which i don't think will be a big deal, mention it only in that section and not again in the activities part so you are not redundant.

fringey323

I put two internship thingies as work experience, and a community service project that I started myself. I am trying not to worry about whether or not I was paid... I worked my hiney off, so I'd say that's work experience.