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I've learned that "recruiters" rarely respond back to you after the first interaction. What a joke. Cornerstone, TEK partners, Apex, all of them are the same.
^^^agreed
Do these companies even get business? I don't bother with them anymore. They're a complete waste of time.
Everything everyone's said so far is true. I thought of one more thing though.
If your experience is not "recent" (two or less years), your not considered experienced. I just graduated college, no one will look at my skills I just learned, it's all the experience. The experience is old, but what do they think I went to college for???
I've been saying this for a few years now, and it's absolutely true. There are not enough jobs for everyone who is looking for a job.
What I have learned companies value worker experience a lot more than a college degree, even a well known and highly respected college. If you have relevant work experience but not the relevant degree, many companies will still consider you as a more viable candidate rather than someone who just has the relevant degree and formal education but little to no experience.
Degrees are just baseline stuff compared to work experience. Another thing that's really important is interviewing skills, don't come off as fake, that's a huge turn off.
Everything everyone's said so far is true. I thought of one more thing though.
If your experience is not "recent" (two or less years), your not considered experienced. I just graduated college, no one will look at my skills I just learned, it's all the experience. The experience is old, but what do they think I went to college for???
I've been saying this for a few years now, and it's absolutely true. There are not enough jobs for everyone who is looking for a job.
That's the big elephant in the room. And every year colleges throughout this country are pumping out thousands of graduates which amounts to millions each year and that alone is far greater than the number of jobs being created.
That's the big elephant in the room. And every year colleges throughout this country are pumping out thousands of graduates which amounts to millions each year and that alone is far greater than the number of jobs being created.
Everything everyone's said so far is true. I thought of one more thing though.
If your experience is not "recent" (two or less years), your not considered experienced. I just graduated college, no one will look at my skills I just learned, it's all the experience. The experience is old, but what do they think I went to college for???
I've been saying this for a few years now, and it's absolutely true. There are not enough jobs for everyone who is looking for a job.
Very, very true. At the end of the day simply put number of people looking for: "good" job > # of open good jobs. And if you are one of those new grads looking to gain experience and having little Professional experience on your own, the odds are even more against you due to the fact that most companies would rather not train you from the ground up.
Very, very true. At the end of the day simply put number of people looking for: "good" job > # of open good jobs. And if you are one of those new grads looking to gain experience and having little Professional experience on your own, the odds are even more against you due to the fact that most companies would rather not train you from the ground up.
Not enough grads have the ambition to start their own businesses either. They're programmed to believe that they must always work and take orders from someone else.
I have learned that regardless of your resume or experience, if you know someone who is a current employee and will give you a reference via their manager, you usually get in.
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