Do you still apply for a job that you know you don't have any experience on it?

I think I will take any chance to apply a job. Even I have no experience on it, but if I think I can do it I will apply. However the employers don’t think so. They focus on your experience and if you have no relevant experience they would think you are not qualified. It’s very frustrating to me. We all know some jobs need basic ability, experience is not so essential. Even we are new in the filed we can get the experience they need very quickly.One day if I became an employer I will not request any experience. I will focus people themselves.

At this point and time I will aplly for just about any job and hope I get lucky!

I did a couple of times. I was jobless at that time. I was desperate for any job. Just any job will do. I don't mind the low salary. At least I did check the job scope. And I definitely had no experience (or no clue at all) about the job.

Once I did applied for a Manager for a plantation. I had no clue about the job but I still pushed my luck. Then the interviewer asked me, "What fertilizer should I use to make the plant grow healthier?" I only managed to smile and said any type will do. I didn't heard from them so I guess I failed the interview. Figured~~~

But I did get lucky. My current job is as a substitute teacher. I never teach, not even for tuition. Still, I managed to pass the interview and already work for two years now. The point is, you don't know what in store for you. So just try pushing your luck. You might be surprised.

Well, one would think that trying to get a job you already know you don't have qualifications for is a waste of your time, Because there is always someone else out there who is. Then again, sometimes when you apply for a job..even though you may not fit that position, they may know of something else you could do and that you are qualified for and they do have a place for you after all somewhere in the company.

I always apply unless it specifically asks for a certain amount of experience that I don't have. Im fresh out of college and have been applying for many fields that I have no work experience in.

It is extremely tough out there in the job market right now. I don't blame you for trying to apply for a job where your skills did not match exactly what they were looking for. If I was in your shoes I would do the same thing. You have got to keep trying, especially with the way that things are at the moment.

Yes, I will still apply for a job even if I don't meet all the requirements needed in fulfilling the job. Unless, the job requires a specific category of skilled or unskilled worker or something. For example, they need an electrical engineer and I am a plumber. I think this is really unrealistic and an exercise in futility. I will not even try. I only apply for jobs where at least I meet the minimum requirements and where I could maybe negotiate or the potential employer might waive certain requisites like I have 3 yrs experince and they need at least 4 and such. In this case, I might get lucky by being persistent.

Yes, I have, and I have been hired for a few. I had applied as a loan associate, helping people get cahs advances, and I had no office type job experience or contrat type of experience either. But I worked there for 6 months until laid off because I was hired on only as a temp anyway. I had applied for a teaching position at a charter school last year-one that paid $25 an hour to teach various elective courses. I had only earned about 1/3 of the college courses that the standard school systems would require. I got hired, but never did actually go to work for them due to medical illness. (Bummer, huh?) Aiming high is not a bad thing. It can give you the drive to excel and do your best.

You seem to speak fairly good English to me. Yes, I still try-I landed my first real job that way...I worked in a medical records office-I caught on super fast! I think you can do anything you put your mind to:)

I remember applying also for a job that is not my expertise. But for me as long as you know a little something about, its okay to apply. Most of the things you will learn on the actual world. Its not all terminological. Just be willing to learn and be interested, you will cope up. If the employer asked you, just be honest to say that you know a little but you are a fast learner. You do accept challenges. Things are learned to constant practice. Be confident and true to your word. You would not know and learn unless you try.