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  • I'm finishing university soon and am already trying to find a job in my field. But everywhere, they require candidates with 2-3 years of work experience. Where am I supposed to get it?

    Gabriela, most of the time when people are putting their job requirement lists together they're painting a picture of the most ideal candidate - but... they have to hire a REAL person. If you match the rest of the requirements (or think that you could match them with some training - women in particular tend to avoid applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the requirements, whereas men tend to view job postings as a list of nice to haves and assess whether they have the aptitude to gain any missing skills) apply anyways. You can be transparent about being a new grad, and take the rest of the advice listed here too about including any pertinent internship etc experience, but also in your cover letter you can say that you believe your education gives you a leg up. Applying for jobs is a numbers game - you'll get a lot of rejection before you find the right fit, but keep trying !! more

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