Looking for your first job in your new country
FAMILY BUSINESS WORK EXPERIENCE and VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE This is for new people abroad (Diasporans) looking for work. Oftentimes new immigrants including students look for work and since everyone is required for have some form of work experience, it gets challenging if they do not have "formal" work experience to compete with job seekers in, say, industrialized countries who are fortunate to start working as early as 14 years of age. In Kenya for instance, young people start being responsible for varied domestic chores at an early age. Those in the countryside juggle between childcare, cooking for the family, looking after livestock etc. Some help with running family businesses in addition to participating in household duties. People also volunteer all the time in church, community events like clean ups, tree planting, participating in "personal" events like funerals and weddings, building or local roads and bridges, etc. When they get asked if they have any exper