| Is your lack of experience stopping you from getting | | | | program. This is something that a 30/60/90-day plan |
| the job you really want and know you deserve and | | | | can help you with. You can outline what you will do in |
| would be good at? This happens to many people, | | | | the first 90 days to train yourself, as well as |
| and can be a huge roadblock, especially in our current | | | | participating in the company's training programs. |
| job market. It does put you at a disadvantage, but | | | | |
| there are things you can do. | | | | - Complete a job shadowing experience, or conduct |
| If this is the case for you, the first thing you have to | | | | informational interviews. Both experiences will help |
| know is: Go directly to the hiring manager. You'll | | | | you to speak more confidently and with more authority |
| never get past a gatekeeper or screener, whose job it | | | | about the job. Pick up the vernacular and the |
| is to only give resumes with particular qualifications to | | | | language of what it is, so that it sounds more natural. |
| the hiring manager. Hiring managers can make the | | | | |
| decision to go with a candidate who doesn't quite "fit," | | | | - Offer to train for free. Say, "I know it's a big risk, but |
| but screeners can't. | | | | hire me and the first two weeks are free. If you |
| You need to remember that experience does not | | | | don't think I'm working out, let me go." In reality, they |
| equal success. There are a lot of people out there | | | | can do that anyway, but you're telling them that you |
| with lots of experience, but with little to show for it. In | | | | understand that, and you're taking a lot of the risk out |
| a lot of ways, it's a confidence thing. You've got to | | | | of the decision. |
| have that level of confidence and be able to | | | | |
| communicate to the hiring manager (quickly) how | | | | - Use the vast amount of internet resources available |
| you've succeeded in other areas and you can | | | | to you: articles, blogs, YouTube videos, career |
| succeed here, too. Here's how: | | | | coaches, and more. Some is free, and some isn't, but |
| - Talk about how fast you've picked up things in the | | | | any amount of investment you make here will be |
| past, like how you completed a program 6 months | | | | worth it. This is your life. You only get one shot at it, |
| faster than anyone else, or how you attained a certain | | | | and you need to spend it doing something you enjoy |
| goal that no one else has ever done in the time that | | | | and that you will be compensated fairly for, so you |
| you did. Talk about how quickly you've learned things | | | | can provide a living for your family and have the life |
| in the past, and how no one has ever regretted hiring | | | | you want. |
| you. | | | | Just remember: everyone at some point had no |
| | | | | experience. They got hired, and you can, too. |
| - And maybe put together your own training | | | | |