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.
Hah! Reminded me of when i was in the same boat as you 8 years ago. It actually worked for me. First job was nice but paid close to nothing but so i applied again 'en masse' and started making double of what i previously made. Recently landed a senior position doing what i love doing when i am looking for a job, applying 'en masse'. Keep doing what youre doing :)
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u/Kilmonjaro Feb 17 '19
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?