> large, national employers. Nearly all of them have internal criteria relating to who they will or will not hire I always found it difficult to get hired by s

> large, national employers. Nearly all of them have internal criteria relating to who they will or will not hire I always found it difficult to get hired by such firms without prior experience. And that experience only comes from small local employers. Work small and locally and then get hired by the bigger firms to have a better chance at employment. Bug firms are just "too efficient" and don't really have time/resource to give chances. And take risks. Among the plethora of ridiculousness they use in hiring and firing, I cannot consciously give 2 cents about what they think. So I'd rather skip them and jump to the more "personal" employers. Let them come and beg for me if they need to.