How does one gain experience in a specific type of employment, when one usually gains such experience only from that very employment?
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Volunteer to help out for free in your spare time - it shows determination to succeed and will give basic experience. It'll also stand out on your cv when you do apply for a career in that field.
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By starting at the bottom. I'm hiring for a Telecom Administrator right now, which requires a significant amount of experience, and some of the people interviewing have not really had as much experience as I'd like. However I'm keeping their resumes around because in a few months I may be able to hire a Junior Telecom Admin, and I might want to see if they'd be interested in that position. Also, some people start in one position and end up helping out in a totally different area. I was always into computers when I was young, I took a job at a small company that resold networking equipment doing shipping & receiving. I soon found myself assembling the systems (putting the cards into the chassis etc) and doing basic bench testing of equipment because I was good at it and it saved the company from having to have higher-paid people doing the same work. Before too long I was one of the full-time engineers.
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Offer to work for peanuts or even for free. Be prepared to start at the bottom - Don't be afraid to sweep floors as well.
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Depends on what that employment is. Sometimes it's a matter of getting experience in it while you're in school for it. Sometimes you work your way up from a lower position. Since this is in skilled trades I'd say both apply. Most skilled trades you need to apprentice, which is how you get experience, plus a lot of them have schooling as well which can give you experience.
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well most job are common sense .so you can learn fast . that goes for most jobs. trust me .i have done a few. but sure it is a paradox to ask for experience to young candidates . i just see if they are willing and often prefer non experienced and train them to my . that makes the team good and efficient. the jerk who doe not give you a chance . well was he ever in your shoes . i wander .
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1. ask the owner of a business requiring that type of employment: a. how to gain such experience, b. if she/he has any job openings whatsoever (networking, sort of), c. if you could work for no pay, just to learn as much as possible about anything related to the job you desire (don't know the insurance, workers compensation, etc. ramifications of working for free) d. if you can afford to do so, try the work as a hobby. e. meet and speak with every person related to your goal. My point: I once spoke to the co-pilot of a corporate jet who said that he had had something like 800 total hours +/-, with a mere 100 hours thereof being multi-engine (which are extremely important in becoming a pilot-for-pay). The circumstance which put him into the right seat of a jet: he spent every possible hour at the same airport, got to know people, one of which was the pilot of the jet, who asked the 800-hour person if he wanted a job. Networking once again.
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This is the reason you have to apply 500 times to get your first "real" job. The more education or training you have the better. Not too fair but its the way things go. Do something to make yourself standout.
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