AADSAS working/volunteering

[lmt5]

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So basically nearly every Friday I help my dad in a family business. I do not get paid and it is an on and off sort of thing. Would this be considered volunteering on my AADSAS application instead of work because I do not get paid? Also I have no idea how many hours I have over the years, its probably in the thousands...

And also I would have to put my dad as my reference. This would probably lower the value of it all.
Should I even include it in my application?

 

[Cthuluhoop]

I would put it in my application for sure, however I would put it as work experience instead of volunteering, because it is your dad's business and it is a business after all.

Yeah, put your dad as the contact, it's a family business that you worked in so there's no-one else who could verify that and won't take away from it. I would try to roughly estimate the best you can the amount of hours. Putting a random number in the thousands without any way of actually knowing isn't what I would do and could look a bit strange since it is your family. Most importantly, in the description explain some skills or something you learned doing it and what you took away from it

 

[lmt5]

I would put it in my application for sure, however I would put it as work experience instead of volunteering, because it is your dad's business and it is a business after all.

Yeah, put your dad as the contact, it's a family business that you worked in so there's no-one else who could verify that and won't take away from it. I would try to roughly estimate the best you can the amount of hours. Putting a random number in the thousands without any way of actually knowing isn't what I would do and could look a bit strange since it is your family. Most importantly, in the description explain some skills or something you learned doing it and what you took away from it

ok thank you! What you say makes sense 🙂