Georgia Works allows workers to train with an employer for up to eight weeks as a volunteer at the job site while they collect their unemployment benefits.

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If you're not ready or qualified for a high-paying caretaking job, you can apply to volunteer on an organic farm in India or run a bed-and-breakfast in Italy.

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"My husband joked, 'You're going to have to get a paying job to pay for the items you're bringing back from your volunteer job, '" Kuntz says.

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Scouts are to volunteer their services in a dedicated UK week of action for the first time almost 20 years after "bob-a-job week" ended.

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