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Every job wants 3 years experience. How did you get your first one?
I finished my degree in June. Every role in this sector says entry level and then asks for three years. I am starting to think the entry level jobs are not real.
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They are real, they are just not advertised. Most of the people I have hired came from somewhere I had already seen them work. Volunteer on something small, do it visibly, and be the person who is still there in month six.
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That is useful and a bit less discouraging than what I have been told. Thank you.
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Apply anyway. The three years is a wish, not a rule. I got my first role with none of it because I was the only applicant who had read their annual report.
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This. Mention something specific from their own work in the first two lines of the cover letter. It puts you in a much smaller pile.
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One more thing. Small organisations hire faster and teach you more. Everyone applies to the big names and the competition there is brutal.
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