How do I get a job with no experience?

It's probably just your area then, certainly in my area it's difficult to find charity work let alone an actual paid job.

An unless i'm very much mistaken they don't just "welcome you with open arms". There are forms to fill and references to give before they will accept you, just like any other job.

Bit harsh. Catch 22 is a problem for a lot of young people.

Op you're only 17 so it's understandable that you havent got experience. I have it much worse, I'm 20 and still haven't been in paid employment in any shape or form.

Maybe it is harsh but it's reality. If you want a job you can't just sit around complaining about how other people have had more opportunities than you. You can do something about it by getting some experience and impressing them.

You cant get experience if no one will employ you in the first place, which is what the op is really complaining about, not that his friends have better opportunities than him.

You can always get unpaid experience in a charity shop or doing any kind of voluntary work. There's no excuse for having NOTHING on your CV when there are so many charities and organisations crying out for help.

crying out for help lol...

You saying it's difficult to find voluntary work?

yeah i am.

Lol what planet are you on? Have you ever tried? There are opportunities to volunteer all over the place. I'm not just talking about charity shops. You can volunteer with charities, children, disabled adults, the elderly, the environment. Sorry but I still think there is no excuse for having nothing on your CV, I'm not surprised that you are 20 and have never been in employment.

Uh yeah of course I've tried, I don't pluck out stuff like that out of thin air. It's a bit silly of you to make assumptions about my life when you dont even know me tbh.

What assumption did I make? Having done a lot of voluntary work myself around the country I just find it extremely difficult to believe you've tried to find voluntary work and failed. A quick search reveals almost 3000 volunteering opportunities within 5 miles of London, and that's just one website. I don't live near London but if I look at my area (fairly quiet suburb not near a big city) I come up with over 300 opportunities within 5 miles, varying from environmental work to working with children to charity shops.

I just don't understand why you are struggling to find voluntary work

You said "no wonder you haven't got a job at 20" which smacks of stupidity not to mention rudenesss.
anyway this thread is not about me.

You can always get unpaid experience in a charity shop or doing any kind of voluntary work. There's no excuse for having NOTHING on your CV when there are so many charities and organisations crying out for help.

Hey you said it, not me! It is a fact that you're 20 and haven't been in paid employment. From what you're conveying on this forum your attitude kind of sucks, so if you are anything like that in real life then it is no wonder you haven't had a job. Why does it "smack of stupidity" for someone to put together no experience + appears to have no real drive to get experience = no surprise they haven't had a job? That is the way you have portrayed yourself.

If you would like to say otherwise or are withholding some sort of massive extenuating circumstance then fair enough. People will obviously judge you from what you post here because there is no other information to go on.

I don't understand why everyone feels like society owes them something. Jobs don't find you, you find them. People with the drive and ambition to make something of themselves will do so. People who sit around complaining and blaming their lack of employment on anything other than themselves are free to do so, but until they address the true cause of their problems nothing will change.