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How can you gain work experience if no one hires you?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52142) • Staten Island, New York 13 Jan 19

Hypothetical scenario: Bob wants to get a job as a marketing associate. The job requires a certain amount of experience. He doesn't have any experience in this field yet so the company will not hire him because of that... How is...

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Learn from Experience

Jacqueline Ador @yuj___ (120) • Legaspi, Philippines 4 Dec 18

I've read a quote somewhere that goes like... "Maturity comes with experience, not age." As you stumble from one job to another, or that you stay with a company for more than a decade, you start asking questions like, "what...

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How many line of work have you experienced and tried to "build" as a career?

chiyochan @chiyosan (30186) • Philippines 17 Mar 13

This thought came to me just now, seeing a friend of mine who have had struggles and has tried to get into all sorts of career (she is hardworking but i guess often her efforts were so divided she isn't going any further). So...

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What are your working experience

wongchoiyee @wongchoiyee (7413) • Malaysia 4 Nov 12

Mine is bad. I realize people get very jealous when you did your job correctly, when you don't know how to do it, they taught you like a primary school children, which down graded your skills, when they talk to you their tongue is...

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Getting Hired: A College Graduate vs College Student

myklops @myklops (180) 24 Aug 12

Hi. I am just curious. What if a college graduate without work experience applies for a job and competes for this position with a college student who has work experience. Who will get hired assuming that both of them come from the...

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Earning working experience when you were young

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 12 Aug 12

I regret that I didn't work much when I was young, and I was too afraid to try new things, which never give me an opportunity to earn a variety of working experience to strengthen my resume. From what I saw, nowadays, more and...

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Relevant work experience vs paying job

drasnian @drasnian (548) 4 May 11

So I'm a zoology student home for the summer and I have been debating applying for a work experience placement at a local zoo. The only thing is, this will interfere with my ability to work over summer. It means I won't earn...

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Work Experience!?!?!?

rasshion @rasshion (47) • United States 25 Mar 11

I have applied to a lot of jobs that I know I would be able to do quite well, but I wasn't hired for my lack of experience. The thing that has always bugged me about that is, how do you get any experience if no one is willing to...

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Worst Call Center

chiwasaki @chiwasaki (4695) • Philippines 6 Jun 10

Any worst call center experience that you want to share? It may be the worst call or customer that you ever encounter. Or it may be the worst experience while applying in call center or worst policy that this call center is...

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How many jobs have you had since you started working?

clowdine @clowdine (1402) • Philippines 27 Apr 10

I have been working as a call center rep, on and off for the past several years (4 years with all my months/years spent in the companies I've been to, combined). I landed on this job in 2004 but I used to be a high school teacher...

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What gets you further: Higher education or work experience?

taraelocin @taraelocin (1138) 20 Dec 09

I have studied at university and believe this is a great foundation for a career. But I also know that work experience is crucial for being successful in the workplace. I know friends from university who went on for further...

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Real Life Work Experience for College Professors

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 22 Mar 09

Do you think that college professors understand the real world. Years ago a person would work in the field of their study and when they were looking to cut back but not retire they would share their knowledge and experience in the...

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Describe the first job you had for money.

Lindery @Lindery (853) • Latvia 3 Feb 09

My first job where I earn my first cash was waitress at the coffee restaurant. It was a good experience.

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Debate Education Vs. Experience

edextraze321 @edextraze321 (112) • United States 12 Sep 08

Although it is tough in todays world, i have seen several high school drop outs, turn around start there own business and become very succesful. I wonder if work ethic and experience is related to school, it seems that often times...

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Where have you been for work experience? How was it?

thoseappleslooknice @thoseappleslooknice (461) 12 May 08

From tomorrow I'm at the UK clothes store Peacocks for 2 weeks. It was a last minute choice as I was unable to get to the places I wanted to in the time limit due to security reasons and there basically being no places. I have...

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Some advice please...

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 4 May 08

Okay here is my dilemma. ANd I need a sounding board on this one. I have a degree and I currently work in a field not using this degree. I graduated 8 years ago and over the years I went on countless interviews, which began to...

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I need resume help.

Sillychick @Sillychick (3275) • United States 29 Dec 07

Is it better to have a section entitled 'Work experience' and include all jobs in chronological order without gaps, or to entitle it 'related experience' and have spaces of time unaccounted for? I wrote an objective that is...

related experience

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How many years work experience do you have?Do you like your work?

wm69love88 @wm69love88 (3466) • China 14 Jul 07

How many years work experience do you have?Do you like your work?Do you work well under stress?

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The work experience is more important than diploma?

fengbo @fengbo (731) • China 9 Jun 07

I went to a job fair in this weekend with my students,i want to realize now position.I looked so many companies consider work experience at the first,the second is diploma.when i looked this case was normal in a job fair,they all...

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How do you think of the work experience of students union in college?

miaolin @miaolin (397) • China 17 May 07

I am one member of students union.My original purpose of entering into students union is to pratice myself and accumulate some work experience which must be useful for future in my opinion at that time.But now I realize that it...

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