How do you get work experience when no one wants to give you the first opportunity?

Get your foot in the door. Work as a volunteer doing similar work for schools, government, or non-profit organizations. Make sure your resume shows everything you have done, maybe not everything you got paid for, that shows you would be an asset to the company you are applying to. Show that you have built up transferrable skills from your past unpaid or paid work or school experience.

See if you can get a different job at the same organization you were turned down at. For example, a woman from Ethiopia founded a school and was its first principal in a small town in that country. She used to volunteer for a non-governmental organization helping children who were orphans because of HIV/AIDs. She used to travel the back country and do health outreach, explaining to people in remote villages how they could improve their health. In doing this, she used her fluent knowledge of three languages.

In the US, she got her Nursing Assistant certificate, but kept getting turned down for jobs because she hadn't yet had much US experience, especially as a CNA. She decided to get her foot in the door at various nursing homes by applying for laundry or nutritional aide positions. Once she has impressed her employers enough, after maybe 6 months of work as a nutritional aide or laundry worker, she plans to apply for each internal CNA posting she hears about. Maybe now the hiring manager will no longer think of her as an unknown person and will be more likely to consider her for the CNA position.

i totally hear you in this area. Believe me, i've been in this position. You see, i have over ten years of clerical/admin experience and employers expect a receptionist to have a 2 year bachelor's degree but what if a person is right out of high school or has gone to college but not yet maintained a degree but almost has one. I think too many employers are being too nit-picky in who they choose, you must have this or that in order to get the job, but like, come on, it's the year 2008, things have changed. Technology has changed, i think most employers are old school, forgetting that the internet is the key to communicating now. People who have done receptionist, secretarial or administrative work for a very long time do not or did not have time to accomplish a degree if they were working in an office for that amount of time. So, yea, i hear you...you try and try but nobody is allowing you the chance to make a good fitted job a reality. it's harder now that the economy has gone to hell in a handbasket. its not our fault either, really. I've been unemployed twice, not once...twice. I have had over ten years of clerical experience, can type over 70wpm, can file quickly, learn quickly but i cannot find the "good fitted job," anywhere. i'm frustrated.

But why go through all that volunteer and over the head crap to get a job? Volunteering, yes, is a great idea and yea, it may get you somewhere but today, most employers look for other things, like experience in the job at hand, they could care less that you cared for those suffering from AIDS, in Africa or Ethopia. Some employers are the "what can you do for me first then i can see what i can do for you next" types of people who do not care much about their potential employees, they only care about what you can do for them and the company but sometimes it helps or would help if employers met their potential employees half way, you never know, sometimes meeting someone in the middle or middle ground, helps not only the employee/employer relationship but shows the give and take of a company on a broader scale.

I am actually in the same position, don't have the USA job experience, how do i get a job?Moreso struck with the problem of transportation because i live in the county.There are no bus route here, what can i do to get employed?

I had been working 9common labor) dish washer for most of my life; but at the age of 40 I was tired of JUST MAKING IT (if I did) for check to check!!!!! I decided to go to Concord Career Institute and learn Accountng (all 7 stages) to brighten my future!!!!! But my 9 month course was ABSOLUTELY no good to me
You may ask why?
Well I finished my course with a 3.5 (onlt .5 points away form PREFECT) in 2002. And I still have to today to get my first job!!!
That is right, the applications I put in for dishwashersay I am over qualified, the applications that I put in for Accounting/Bookkeeping/or any other faze of accounting say I do not have enouth experiacne!!!!!
Where do I go from here? My wifes Disability does not do any more than pay the usual house expense!!!!! Yes, I mean Rent, Lights, Phone, and Grociers.
We have been living this way for 5 years and I am totally exaused!!!!! I need some one to lead me to a career or a way to financial stability.

I have been looking for work for five months now. I spend eight hours a day everyday applying and going on interviews, and getting turned down, and the only advice I can give to everyone hear is don't give up. I volunteer and join community groups to network, but also to feel useful. The worst thing in the world is to spend sixty hours a week getting regected. Volunteering gives me a much needed vacation from the rat race. Don't loose hope, I know right now I would take any job to make the bills, but you need to know that the job you eventually find will be the the right fit at the right time.
My mom always told me if you can't help yourself, help someone else.

I'm looking for a full time job in CNA work.

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I would like to know what are the employer's requirenment if they want to give a work experiance to their employee for applying permanent residancy of australia.
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I am a 62 yr. old recent graduate from a medical assisting college in W. Covina, Ca. I can't find a job. And no one wants to give me the experience I need. I have done externship but they were not hiring plus I only speak english. I am sooo bummed out right now. I don't know what to do. I have not worked in 2 months and we have to have a second income in the house. Have I just spent several thousands of dollars to find out I can't do this!!

my name is ivelisse and i am 19 years old i never worked before so i have no job experience and i really want to work well need to work to pay the bill i don't know what to do i need help can some one help me find out what i need to do my email address is eveonativa@yahoo.com some one please help me

We all start at some point in our working lives without experience. You can find free tutorials that will give you the basic skills to offer a company. If you do a google search for subjects such as excel, Microsoft Word, Power Point and Free Typing Tests (Great for testing Accuracy, Speed). Also contact a company that offers Temporary Employment Services such as Office Team/Accountemps. Temporary Employment Agencies also offer training on software.

Companies who use Temporary Employment Agencies know that some training will be necessary. Companies use these agencies to hire employees on a temporary basis to see how the employee fits in with their organization. Full time employment is often a possibility if they like your work ethics and productivity.
Hope this helps the no experience job issue :)

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The worst thing in the world is to spend sixty hours a week getting regected. Volunteering gives me a much needed vacation from the rat race. Don't loose hope, I know right now I would take any job to make the bills, but you need to know that the job you eventually find will be the the right fit at the right time.
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I have been applying for work since I was in my 20s. No one has EVER hired me. I have experience and a solid work ethic. I have shelled out hundreds of dollars having resumes written, carfare, etc. I am never given a reason, never receive a call back. I have had 3 jobs in my lifetime. One when a friend asked his boss to give me a chance, another by way of welfare to work program and a telemarketing job which I quit when it was found out that I could not speak fluent spanish. I am about to lose my apartment and the only thing I keep hearing is do volunteer work or something. Volunteer work does not pay the bills or put food on the table. I am at the end of my rope. I went to an agency today and was told to come back next week because I came late. I actually had gotten there an hour early. A recording stated that interviews are from 10 AM to 1 PM. Of course I was told by the oh so sweet receptionist that the hours were 10 AM until 12 PM, (I had arrived at 11:30AM and was not seen.) I can't ask my neighbors for carfare, they ignore me and I hear them whisper occasionally how they wish I would move out of my apartment so someone can move in who doesn't need anything. My family disowned me years ago, the ones still alive that is and they seem awful happy that I am going through all of this. I was told that I did not want to work and that I was lazy. If I get my hands on a gun my problems will be over. I want out. NOW.

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I'm wondering how to get a car without a job. I cant work or volunteer without a car I live where there's no public transportation not even taxis can anybody help me with any resources or anything so I can get out of this catch22 PLEASE!!!!

I have a associates degree and been to 4 interview have not job experience everytime i go into a interview they ask me about if i have worked in the past no but i have went to TBA career tech center but that was not enough now i work at a market making min. wage which that is wrong why go back to school just to make min wage you would think if you have been to college that would be enough VERY Disappointing to me , now i have to pay back my student loans with min. wage , I have tried to get full time job filled out 15 to 20 applications still nothin by the way my min. job is only seasonal .

This is a general issue with the employers and it's not the only one. Some employers ask for a thorough background check before they even consider you as an options for their company. We live in tough times, hopefully the system will change, these aspects you pointed out above make no sense to anyone...