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I graduated from university this April and I am interested in going into civil service. All the jobs require experience but I don't have any experience except in retail which I worked during university. Can anyone tell me how to get started in civil service? Any non-profit/city provides an unpaid internship?

What did you take in University?? Not all areas in the civil service require job experience in that field.

Political Science. I worked at retail during university... that was bad move. Thinking for administrative/office positions but no experience.

It might be harder here because it''s higher-end jobs especially in the federal service. I started at the Winnipeg Tax Centre with only retail and restaurant experience as a CR-4 clerk because the main experience requirement was client service, problem solving, etc... things I had from working retail. I very quickly moved up once I got in and proved my worth, plus the fact that I am bilingual was a bonus. But there''s been lots of attrition and cutting lately, so it might be harder to get in these days.  
 
edit: I just wanted to add that I have the opposite problem - I don't have a univeristy degree but I have done a lot of the jobs that they advertise. But I get screened out because I don't fit the educational criteria, even though it's basically the same work I did for 10 years.  
 
Edited by Abbysmum, 2017-06-10 14:29:52

Are you willing to move?