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Career Sin # 7: Lacking Experience
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You finished university. Now what?
Many students go through their studies without gaining any
practical experience. Even in cases where the study requires
an internship in order to graduate many find it easier to
pretend they did an internship instead of actually doing it. The
reason is that internships are not that easy to find.
Students however chose to skip on other opportunities to gain
experience as participation in projects, student organizations,
voluntary work, etc. as well.
This is a career sin that will cost them a lot. No one is willing to
hire a person with no experience because they are not
prepared to handle the real world.
What to do?
For those still studying the advice is clear: participate in as
many professional activities as possible and get internships
when possible. This will give you much better chances to find a
job.
For those who finished their studies without gaining any
experience the advice is to prepare for a long trip. They will
have to find any opportunity to gain experience (not so many
opportunities when already out of school) and get the most out
of them. They will also have to prepare to start their career with
low paid jobs and embarrassingly low entry levels. Voluntary
work can help them greatly gain the experience they lack.
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