I’m so sick of “entry-level” jobs asking for 3-5 years of experience
I’m honestly so tired of this job market!!! Every day I see “entry-level” roles that somehow want 3-5 years of experience, a full tech stack, industry knowledge, internships, portfolio projects, perfect communication skills, and then the salary is still garbage.
How is that entry-level? I’m fresh out of college. I’m trying to get my first real shot. But every job that’s supposedly made for people like me is written like they want someone who’s already been doing the job for years.
Then people say, “just get experience.”
From where?
That’s the part that drives me insane. You need a job to get experience, but you need experience to get the job. It’s a stupid loop and somehow candidates are the ones blamed for it.
At some point this isn’t a “skills gap.” It’s companies wanting trained workers for cheap and calling it entry-level so they can pay less.
Saw this post from career coach Maid Dizdarevic on LinkedIn and it put the feeling into words perfectly. There aren’t many people actually standing up for job seekers right now, so honestly I respect him for saying this stuff out loud. In my opinion he’s one of the best career coaches/influencers in the job search space because he doesn’t sugarcoat how broken this whole thing feels.