Why do entry level jobs now require experience? (consulting, interviewing, degree)
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Because there is a surplus of available, qualified candidates with experience, so they can simply decline those with none. It is no more complicated than that.
This may shock you but when a person is entering a new field, they don't usually have experience in it.
But you should have some experience, whether in that field or another.
I've already stated it once, and I guess I'll have to repeat myself. I secured my first job out of college with zero experience in the field I was accepting a job in. However, I had other work experience that I parlayed into valuable experience for this next job. If I remember correctly, the job ad stated that the employer was looking for someone with some experience in the field. Just because they want a perfect candidate (which they have every right to ask for), it doesn't mean they will get it. There are probably hundred of thousands of people more qualified than me. But I got the job because I was probably the best available in that particular applicant pool. Don't discount the fact that job hunting is also a numbers game, regardless of how qualified you may be. If there is someone who's more qualified than you in the running, they may get the job over you.
Bottom line: You should not be deterred from applying to a job ad that requests that you have X years of experience in ZZZ field/industry, within reason of course. As long as you have transferable skills that align with most of the ad, I'd go ahead and apply.
^^^This has to be the dumbest posts I've ever read on this forum...
Really? Do people believe themselves to be above working in high school anymore? That counts as "experience" by the way. I started out as a dish washer and navigated my way upwards from there by way of work experience and education.
This is the norm today, unfortunately. Employers won't hire someone with no experience over someone with experience. That's why you have to have something on your resume. I did work study in college and worked full/parttime at my college. That's considered experience.
Do people believe themselves to be above working in high school anymore? That counts as "experience" by the way.
For one, not everyone can work in high school, and with the high number of people out of work already, not everyone can even get a job if they wanted to in high school. Should a 4.0 student be turned away for a job at McDonalds once they graduate because they chose to focus on their academics (this is just an example BTW)?
For two, I'm not sure what the poster meant by "experience." One can have all sorts of "experience", but that doesn't mean employers will find said experience relevant.
For three, everyone has to start somewhere before entering the "workforce" full time. If everyone used the logic of that poster, there would be no bottom for people to start at.
Really? Do people believe themselves to be above working in high school anymore? That counts as "experience" by the way. I started out as a dish washer and navigated my way upwards from there by way of work experience and education.
Many people also believe themselves to be above working in college, based on what I've seen.
It's amusing how some people who cannot spell, don't know the difference between there, their and they're, are combative and complain about one thing after the next, actually believe they should have good paying jobs. Based on what? Ones opinion of oneself is not enough to score a good job. Until they face the fact that they aren't employable by any stretch of the imagination, they will always have this problem.
For one, not everyone can work in high school, and with the high number of people out of work already, not everyone can even get a job if they wanted to in high school. Should a 4.0 student be turned away for a job at McDonalds once they graduate because they chose to focus on their academics (this is just an example BTW)?
For two, I'm not sure what the poster meant by "experience." One can have all sorts of "experience", but that doesn't mean employers will find said experience relevant.
For three, everyone has to start somewhere before entering the "workforce" full time. If everyone used the logic of that poster, there would be no bottom for people to start at.
All I can tell you is what's happened to me based on my experience. I didn't magically wake up one day and have a ton of relevant experience. I started working as a dishwasher in high school in the 10th grade. In my senior year, I applied and got a job as an admin asst. through the technical school I was attending along side my high school. I graduated high school with a 3.9, third in my class. In college, I worked as an admin, an accounting assistant, and a bus driver. My first job out of college in 2008 was in a field that I had no experience with. But I used my experience from my previous jobs and the education and skills I had accrued over time to secure that position.
I came from a pretty poor family and was the first to attend college at a public ivy. All I'm saying is that anything's possible if you get your mind straight. You can complain and make excuses for why the cards are stacked against you, but that doesn't really get you anywhere far. That is something I have also learned through experience.
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