Volunteering at a newspaper company

yes local newspaper company

@Magneticflux why are you volenteering. Apply for and internship or a position there.

Do you desire to be a journalist?

i know it may sound a bit strange but just doing it for free labour and maybe i might get to have my article publish (not on the front cover but somewhere at the back). My whole purpose of volunteering is not only at a newspaper company but also at other places cuz i'm applying for Uni.
-i'm not there to volunteer every single day otherwise it may look suspicious ofc just once or twice a week only.

@Magneticflux google internship. Many are non paid particularly here in the states.

In a perfect world you are right. But it’s not a perfect world. Doing what your planning will lead to failure.

Apply for internships or study or write freelance articles

Anyway i'm not from the states, im from Singapore. I find it impossible to do a job switch here cuz everywhere you wanna go they try to find Foreign talent. As a local the requirement is you need appropriate the certificate(example Degree in Accounting means Degree in Accounting not Degree specialise in other field) and experience even when i'm willing to work for free, they didn't even get back to me. -_-

@Magneticflux Singapore is really bad about squashing talent.

Goto uni. While you are there write about politics and issues in Singapore.

Send it in to buzzfeed and other upand coming news outlets

The straight news (if I remeber the paper title correctly ) is good but Singapore news is so constrainded and censored.

Yeahh the country here sucks big time and now i'm trying to find an academic job instead and i'm doing all these volunteering work just make my application look more appealing as i'm applying for Cambridge (for mature candidates and selected schools only) And for 1st time in my life i'm desperately looking for a job and studying A levels on my own.
And I have alr checked with bank loans/student loans available in my country. I find it kinda pointless going to university(not from a top tier elite school) and the fact that they are hiring FT from other countries and sending them in.

-not just volunteering work but also i took part in science competition and every week i come to school and provide talks about Poverty in a club.And i'm doing all of that just for free.
Just a little background from me I came from a vocational school and have been working in retail for awhile now.

-And also depending on the industry e.g. in retail if u hire 1 singaporean means u can hire 3 FT. And for office job 1 singaporean - 10 FT. that's the ratio and its more or less somewhere along that line.

I doubt i will talk about issues and politics lol. I will get into trouble.