What is difference between volunteer work and unpaid internship?

Answer 1

nothing---you don't get paid!!!
but you may be able to claim college credit though

volunteer means you work for nothing, so basically no difference

Answer 2

Intern Vs Volunteer

Answer 3

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The unpaid internship experience might offer the student more of an opportunity for learning with less pressure for "a result." Smaller companies, organizations, and agencies are more willing to carve some time out for a student who is willing to complete a project for academic credit. Motivation and determination to obtain an unpaid internship emphasizes the student's value of experience over money. Unpaid internships generally are more flexible allowing the student to work around his/her schedule. Experience gained through an unpaid internship can sometimes be more focused and practical."Unpaid" does not necessarily mean without compensation. A Volunteer is one who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like others. It is better that you opt for unpaid internship

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What is difference between volunteer work and unpaid internship?

Answer 5

An unpaid intern is a volunteer. A pro bono consultant is a volunteer. An executive on loan is a volunteer. If the organization doesn't pay that person, then that person is a volunteer in *most* organizations' minds. Yes, there are people who are required to do community service, for school or for the courts, and they are being forced to provide their service, and they are also not paid. Most organizations count these as volunteers and treat them as such, giving them the fabulous thank you volunteer pin at the end of service, etc., because they were working right along side the "pure" volunteers. And, yes, sometimes organizations have different paper forms for different volunteers -- one for the "pure" volunteer, one for the forced service person, and one for the person who needs an internship as a learning experience. I never do for my volunteers -- I have ONE form for everyone. The only difference for interns I have had is that the focus of their service is to learn, so in addition to the service they provide, they also usually engage in job shadowing, for instance, accompanying people to staff meetings, sitting in on a planning meeting, etc. Okay, with all that said -- the title of your experience (intern or volunteer) doesn't matter. What matters is the kind of *activities* you will be doing, and what you feel would be best for you, no matter what the title is attached to such. When you talk about this experience on your CV and to potential employers, you will talking about the responsibilities you had, the activities you undertook, what you accomplished, what staff members you worked with, etc. -- not whether or not you were an "intern" or a "volunteer". So pick the experience that has the activities you want to do, that you feel are most important, regardless of whether it's called "volunteering" or an "internship."

Answer 6

Volunteer work is to provide a service to someone else.. i.e. helping build a home for habatiat for humanity, reading to kids at the library, driving the elderly to church or the store.. Basicly in most cases, you are using your current skill-set to assist without pay. You are totally volunteer, you assign your own hours, if you want to do it 5 hours a week, so be it. 20 hours a month, that would work also.

An unpaid internship is usually a part time / full time job where you are learning a new skillset such as intern at a radio station or advertising agency. They expect you to be there specific hours or for a specific number of hours. You are also learning new skills and gaining experience to possibly make this a paid job for you in the future.

Congressional page, 40 hours a week, no pay, to learn the political process... Radio Station Intern.. Coffee getter, hoping to get a little air time and learn the ins and outs of radio production. 20-40 hours a week.

Answer 7

There is actually a very important distinction, and it depends on what kind of organization you are volunteering or interning for.

The US Fair Labor Standards Act (http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/docs/volunteers.asp) states that:

"Individuals who volunteer or donate their services, usually on a part-time basis, for public service, religious or humanitarian objectives, not as employees and without contemplation of pay, are not considered employees of the religious, charitable or similar non-profit organizations that receive their service."

It goes on to say:

"Under the FLSA, employees may not volunteer services to for-profit private sector employers."

This means if you volunteer for a non-profit organization, a church, a community group, etc, then you are volunteering. You cannot volunteer for a for-profit, public-sector business. This is important because you can generally deduct your mileage and other expenses that you incur in the course of volunteering on your federal income taxes. Since the FLSA states that you cannot "volunteer" for a for-profit business, then you do not have those tax deductions.

Basically, _functionally_, a volunteer and intern are the same thing. _Legally_, they are different in that you volunteer for a non-profit organization (and can possibly get a tax benefit) and you are an unpaid intern at a for-profit organization (ie, any business that is not a non-profit). As an intern, you get work experience that may help YOU get a paying job later, but you get no tax benefits. As a volunteer, you get the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to make a difference in somebody ELSE's life.

Answer 8

theres only a little difference volunteer is somebody who works for free,somebody who does w/ out being forced to do it..an somebody acting w/out legal obligation.while unpaid internship is someone who works free as a trainee in an occupation in order to gain practical experience.

Answer 9

Internship- you do it to complete a degree or certificate of some kind.

Volunteer Work- to help a cause, court ordered, pass time

Answer 10

Very little difference, but I think of volunteer work as being more casual, and local.

Many times interns are full time and fly in from out of town. The "employer" promises to keep the interns busy, give them some training, and "look out for them."

My son was recently a summer intern for Barach Obama in Nevada. There were a bunch of interns working together.