How long to volunteer before getting a job?

All volunteering does is it looks good on your resume and it can give you references. It shows you're able to gain skills to get into a job, like having good time management and being able to work as a team.

I volunteered for a year or two before I got my first job in retail.

If you want a job then start applying for them. You can use your volunteer work as a reference.

What does your volunteering have to do with the job your trying for? Most likely nothing! So stop volunteering and start looking for a real starting job. Fast food, Wal Mart, K-Mart are good places to start.

the surnrner should be long enough to get a job

While you volunteer, you should be applying for jobs. There's no set length of time to volunteer. I volunteered in a charity shop for 3 years and in a hospice for 2.5 years.

You don't need volunteer hours for fast food. It's a plus, however, I know friends who have gotten fast food jobs without any volunteer hours.

However long it takes. Just keeping looking for a job while you are volunteering.

probably for the surnrner, they should hire you after that

You really don't for fast food jobs.

If you can't get hired there that's because there are thousands of others applying at the same time you are. You have to apply to 50 jobs a month in order to improve your chances

You shouldn't. If you want a job, then get a job. You will have to start at the bottom.

Great hiring market right now, I’d try for an entry level job now and keep trying while volunteering.