How to Get a Job if You Have No Experience was originally published on The Job Insiders.
“But I don’t have ANY experience!!!” 🫤
This is one of the most common complaints I hear in my career workshops…
…and I totally get it.
After all, we *ALL* started without track records full of famous brands, fancy titles, and decades of experience.
And yet…
Let’s get real. ⚡️
Because here’s the truth about work: Experience is Experience is Experience.
In other words, when I ask an entry-level staffer to analyze data, do I really care whether they’re using skills they gained at Google or Georgetown or Greenpeace?
Heck no.
They can either get the job done or they can’t.
And that’s why, when I worked at LinkedIn, 40% of recruiters we surveyed reported valuing volunteer work *ON PAR* with paid experience.
So bottom line: The next time you’re thinking about psyching yourself out of a job before you even apply, DIG DEEPER.
Go to your career coach or ChatGPT with a question like “Help me identify 5 valuable experiences from my time in school.”
Because once you start digging, you may be surprised just how much experience you actually DO have!!! 💥
