Hello! I am an 18-year-old who is considering working as a volunteer for a legal company. This job will give me a lot of experience in the legal field which I am very interested in but will not be a paid position. I have another job offer in sales, that pays 20$ per commission-not hourly-but will fail to give me the experience that I want in the legal field?
Which job do you recommend I take?

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Take the unpaid exposure in the legal company. Accept that it’s unpaid. You’re 18 don’t worry about the pay just yet unless your life truly depends on it, but you’re young. You have the ability to prove yourself in the field you’re interested in. Literally anyone can get into a sales job whenever.. you know why? Because in those $20 per commission deals, there’s no hourly. You don’t produce, you’re out. Simple. I rose to the top in hospitality by starting as a bellman at 18 and by 20 I was asked to be a front office manager in a top 10 hotel. It wasn’t glamorous but I was dedicated and passionate about hospitality. People skills came, sales came, operations, strategy, financials, emotional intelligence, etc.. I’m 30 and do what I love, I’ve chased ambitions, I’ve chased cash. Chasing ambitions had cash follow. Take the opportunity in the legal company and try to learn and grow. Even if nothings available now for pay, prove to them why they should give you the opportunity. Cheers!

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I would take the paid job. What kind of place is a legal company anyways? Is it a law firm or a business that handles legal transactions, or somewhere in between? What kind of experience would you hope to get from them while not getting paid? If I was a client of a law firm and found there were unpaid workers, I would have many questions about accountability for personal or private information.

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