New grads say employers set the bar too high for entry-level roles: 'No job is willing to give you that first experience'

cm0002 ( cm0002@europe.pub ) · 3 days ago

New grads say employers set the bar too high for entry-level roles: 'No job is willing to give you that first experience'

the_q ( the_q@piefed.social ) · 3 days ago

Entry level jobs aren’t going to exist in the very near future.

iocase ( iocase@lemmy.zip ) · 3 days ago

And then eventually they’ll run out of mid or top tier candidates because they all died or retired… corporations proverbially clear cut their forests and never replanted. Enjoy your grasslands I guess…

flatbield ( furrowsofar@beehaw.org ) · 3 days ago

This is why internships and coop jobs are so important. Also using networking to come in the side door. I also think that entry level jobs say 5 years experience often.

Snot Flickerman ( SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) · 3 days ago

Also using networking to come in the side door.

You mean nepotism and not hiring based on actual skill and merit?

flatbield ( furrowsofar@beehaw.org ) · 3 days ago

To get your resume in the hiring managers stack and by pass inane HR filtering.