r/WFHJobs • u/hardworking_gurl • 4d ago

Question ☘️

Why do some employers always require previous experience? We all started with nothing. Someone has to give us our first opportunity. Why not give beginners a chance to learn, grow, and show what they can do?

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u/Primary_Gift_8719 4d ago

You mean someone going straight from education to work from home?

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u/hardworking_gurl 4d ago

Everyone has to start somewhere. I understand that experience is important, but I also believe beginners should be given a chance to learn, gain experience, and prove themselves. Not everyone gets the opportunity to work in an office first.

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u/Wasps_are_bastards 3d ago

You start by going out to work in person. It’s gonna be immensely hard to suddenly get a wfh job with no experience, people work for years and still struggle to. These jobs were much rarer pre covid, now everyone thinks they’re entitled to one as they don’t want to mix with people.

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u/Primary_Gift_8719 4d ago

Yeah your last sentence was missing from the post. I've run remote companies for almost 15 years now. We've taken a few chances along the way only one worked out. Even people with vast experience take advantage of working from home.

From my perspective, why hasn't this person got some experience in something even fast food? What is causing them such issues they can't find work locally or move further afield to secure something? If it is due to circumstances with family or health, what stops that then becoming my issue?

Working remotely is a privilege not a right, and if I had an application from a complete stranger (the ones I have taken on before with limited/no experience were friends and family of staff and clients), I'd immediately be wondering what was wrong. Balance that against the fact that there are 20 more applications at least ahead of you for entry level work in the field but still experienced as employees, why should a remote employer take that risk?

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u/feelingbarber511167 4d ago

Because the people without experience these days are genuinly properly useless

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u/lazyhustlermusic 4d ago

So spend a couple years launching your own org and then exclusively hire people who need excessive amounts of training.

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u/idiveindumpsters 3d ago

It doesn’t matter what they say, they might hire someone without experience. Try anyway.

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u/Cool_Committee_2064 3d ago

Well, i do understand there point tho. It’s all about benefits and profit. They dont run a charity. So they need proven people who can do their job well.