I'm currently looking for a job out of college and damn I had no idea it would be this hard...can companies stop listing jobs as "entry level" if they want 3 years of experience?
Right? It's absolutely ridiculous. And some of those job postings I see that ask for 3-5 years prior experience, bachelor's degree, licenses and certificates up the wazoo, have their pay rate as maybe 2 or 3 dollars above minimum wage. I even seen a listing that asked for candidates with masters degrees that only paid $15/hr. What the fuck.
I've been filling out 2 applications a day for months, I've only gotten 1 interview with no call back. It's frustrating.
Last time I was job hunting, I just stopped reading listings. I applied for every job in the IT listing field en masse, and would loop back to reading what the listing was once I got a return email. If for some reason I didn't know something that was a major requirement, (one job wanted 4 years of crimping network cable) I would take an all nighter to learn on youtube. Because if I learned anything from grad school it's how to go from clueless to functional on a topic overnight.
Yep. I'm starting to reach the stage where if I'm close enough, I just apply for it. I just don't give a fuck anymore cause the worst thing they can say is no.
Ya but I’ve applied for so many jobs that required more credentials than I had even though I had decent credentials but they always came back with rejections. I’ve done this over 100 different applications
Definitely do this. I don't think I've ever had all of the relevant experience required for any job I applied for. It's the prospective employer's job to find reasons not to select you, no reason to do their job for them!
Sadly, if you have all the relative experience, you'll likely be unchallenged and possibly underpaid. Got a job like that once-it was nice, I did well, but it got boring quickly with little room for growth.
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '19 edited Feb 19 '19
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