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Too
Little Experience?
Young people, including recent graduates,
often have difficulty in getting the jobs they want since
employers will often hire someone with more experience.
In this case, you may want to emphasize your adaptive skills
that would tend to overcome a lack of experience. Once again,
a skills resume would allow you to present yourself in the
best light.
For example, emphasizing skills such as "hardworking" and
"learn new things quickly" may impress an employer enough
to consider you over more experienced workers.
You should also consider expressing a willingness to accept
difficult or less desirable conditions as one way to break
into a field and gain experience. For example, "willing
to work weekends and evenings" or "able to travel or relocate"
may open up some possibilities that might appeal to an employer.
You should also look for anything that might be acceptable
as experience and emphasize it. This might include volunteer
work, family responsibilities, education, training, military
experience, or anything else that you might present as legitimate
activities that support your ability to do the work that
you feel you can do.
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