Why You Don’t Need to Be Qualified
With that said, often to be employed you have to have experience, but then to gain experience you need to be employed. It’s a catch-22 that puts new entrants of the workforce, particularly millennials, in job limbo.
However, as millennials there are some things we can do to counter this dilemma.
1. Give potential employers the proof of concept
When seeking a job you are selling yourself – you are your brand, your product, and your employer is considering whether or not to invest the time and resources to train you.
Instead of simply waiting to be taught, go ahead and do whatever it is you’re being considered for. If you want to go into marketing use social media to promote and sell something. If you want to write then begin blogging. Whatever you see yourself doing start doing it now, so you have proof and effort to show employees.
2. Talk your way into the job
Going back to selling yourself, what you lack in experience is possible to make up for with confidence that you can do the job and are worth the investment. I’d argue that even if you aren’t sure you can by going for it you’re going to be forced to grow, and learn – don’t be afraid of failure, just do the best you can to reward your employer for giving you a chance.
3. Network, network, network
It really isn’t what you know; it’s who you know. There’s always a more qualified candidate, but to a certain extent networking makes you a known commodity, and the more trusted brand.
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