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28-12-2014, 04:53 PM
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Should fresh grads apply to jobs which need experience?
I will be graduating soon from NTU in January (competing my ComScience course in 3.5years). i have been applying for jobs since November and i taken advice from a few friends. They told me to ignore the 'experience needed' column when applying for junior level executive jobs.
I would have attended around 3 interviews, and 2 of them which need experience ended up in me being told off a bit harshly for not having the required experience. One job the interviewer asked me why did i not read the job description carefully, which clearly states 1-2 years of experience needed, and told me off for wasting his time. I did reply that i could pick up skills quickly and am willing to settle for a lower pay, however the interviews did not end good.
I do understand most interviewers don't read my resume beforehand, one even remarked that he didn't know i had yet to graduate, and i am under qualified for the job as i have no degree in my hand.
I just want to know if as a fresh grad should i only be applying to jobs that do not need experience? That leaves me with those jobs like MA or Graduate programs which looks very non-technical. I'm a technical guy with little interest in management, so i choose to stay away from those jobs.
P.S
A little bit about me: NTU Com Sci graduate soon (2nd lowers). No other technical certs but im studying for a CCNA cert.
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28-12-2014, 05:01 PM
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If I'm the hiring manager, 2 thoughts come to mind:
1) This guy doesn't read or he doesn't understand English.
2) This guy doesn't care about instructions or what the boss/company wants.
Would you hire "this guy"?
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28-12-2014, 06:33 PM
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If they want to hire freshies, they would put "Fresh Graduates are welcome to apply", or they would leave out the exp part. At Fresh Grad level u can't be that arrogant, expecting higher level jobs
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28-12-2014, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by balduus
I would have attended around 3 interviews, and 2 of them which need experience ended up in me being told off a bit harshly for not having the required experience. One job the interviewer asked me why did i not read the job description carefully, which clearly states 1-2 years of experience needed, and told me off for wasting his time. I did reply that i could pick up skills quickly and am willing to settle for a lower pay, however the interviews did not end good.
I do understand most interviewers don't read my resume beforehand, one even remarked that he didn't know i had yet to graduate, and i am under qualified for the job as i have no degree in my hand.
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It's the company's fault if they didn't read your resume before calling you for interview. I'm shocked that such companies exist.
It must be a crappy company judging from their HR hiring practice, so don't feel bad if they reject you.
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28-12-2014, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
It's the company's fault if they didn't read your resume before calling you for interview. I'm shocked that such companies exist.
It must be a crappy company judging from their HR hiring practice, so don't feel bad if they reject you.
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i agree...the company's hr must be all kinds of cock up in that case. anyhow call people, wasting everyone's time.
i think fresh grads applying to jobs which state 1-2 years experience needed is fine...nowadays rarely any jobs will say fresh graduates welcome...i can only think of mindef dxo that explicitly says that...
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28-12-2014, 09:28 PM
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Ask those that spend months looking for jobs, I bet most of the interviews they went, they have met dozens of HR that did not read through the applicant resume. I personally been through those interviews few times
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29-12-2014, 12:01 AM
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Thanks for your inputs guys. It was both small companies hence i guess their HR made a mistake in scheduling me for an interview.
I don't feel bad i got rejected, i just feel bad that there are so many jobs out there that require experience
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29-12-2014, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by balduus
Thanks for your inputs guys. It was both small companies hence i guess their HR made a mistake in scheduling me for an interview.
I don't feel bad i got rejected, i just feel bad that there are so many jobs out there that require experience
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yeah pretty much a catch-22 situation eh.
i'm in the same boat.
jobs need experience, i need a job to get experience. go figure...
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29-12-2014, 03:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
yeah pretty much a catch-22 situation eh.
i'm in the same boat.
jobs need experience, i need a job to get experience. go figure...
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Thats why Grad programs, Internships and cappy SMEs exist. For you to get experience
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