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Recent grads who have no experience get rejected for not having experience. Career changers have their previous experience disregarded and not valued and are treated as if they have no experience.
So, I ask you again, how do you expect people to get around the catch-22 of "no job, no experience; no experience, no job."
You sound exactly like the type of boss I never want to work for again. I could hit every quality on an employer's "wish lish", and some jerk can decide they didn't like the shoes I wore to the interview, and I won't get the job. It's that simple. I'm not a mindreader, and I'm not going to stress myself out trying to guess what will make this stranger interviewing me choose me for the job. Are you reading what you're typing? LOL. I don't have time for these games. I'll find an employer who is about the business of choosing the best candidate--not the one looking for whatever fool is willing to do whatever it takes to get the position. That's what people with low self worth do.
Why do you think the best candidate isn't one who considers what other people think of them?
Recent grads who have no experience get rejected for not having experience. Career changers have their previous experience disregarded and not valued and are treated as if they have no experience.
So, I ask you again, how do you expect people to get around the catch-22 of "no job, no experience; no experience, no job."
Denying the catch-22 is not an option.
That you don't like my answer does not mean it is not an option.
What did the people do who were actually hired? The point here is for people to think about that question, and not make excuses.
Those who got jobs in the past when entry level jobs existed that required no experience?
Those who managed to luck out and find employers who gave them a chance without experience?
Besides those, how did everyone else get the jobs? Answer that.
I bet you don't have the answer. So just admit you don't have the answer and stop looking down on people who haven't found the answer either.
You got lucky and expect everyone to be lucky.
I have an answer, you don't need to answer for me.
Most worked harder. They deserved it more. They knew the job better, knew what the company's needs were better, and could better prove they deserved the job.
I'm not looking down on anyone. I'm harder on myself than I am on anyone else. Admitting I have more to learn and admitting I didn't get a job because I failed is the best way I can improve.
Is it? Because I stagnated (more like was railroaded, but let's stay on topic ) someplace solely due to systemic discrimination. So there's that.
Well, of course you were "railroaded," the alternative would be to acknowledge that your performance was not what the company wanted. I suspect that Bob, Dorian and maybe Priscilla all had the same experience.
Why do all these employers continue a process to select, hire, train and give experience to those that they are only going to blow out for no reason at all?
That you don't like my answer does not mean it is not an option.
What did the people do who were actually hired? The point here is for people to think about that question, and not make excuses.
Here's one I've experienced. A job came open that I would love to do. Right up my ally. One of those perfect fit kind of things in a field where there is maybe one job open every couple of years. I interviewed and it went exceptionally well. Interviewer wanted to make an offer but had to go through his boss. Couple weeks go by and he calls to tell me I didn't get the job. So even though I was wondering why, I did all the normal thankyou and so forth. Then he said "Ok, here's the truth. You were the best candidate but the boss already had someone in mind; we just went through the motions to meet the requirement for holding an interview." Then he apologized for wasting my time.
So what did I fail at here? Nothing. What did the person who got the job do? He knew the boss.
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) someplace solely due to systemic discrimination. So there's that.
