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It's worth noting that when you submit your resume/cover-letter/application for a job, it goes to 1 of 2 people. It either goes to some administrative assistant
by JangoSteve 16y ago
It's worth noting that when you submit your resume/cover-letter/application for a job, it goes to 1 of 2 people. It either goes to some administrative assistant whose sole job is to filter through all the resumes that don't meet some arbitrary requirement (simply a function to arbitrarily cut down the number of resumes they actually have to read). Or it goes directly to the executive hiring for the position. If your resume makes it to this person, pretty much nothing is set in stone (including their own requirements).
Case in point, when I first graduated from college, I landed an engineering job that had "10 years industry experience" as a hard requirement.
- BrandonM 16y agoThanks a lot for the data point. I guess the real lesson is to show an interest in and affinity for a position and just apply for it, requirements be damned.
- jacquesm 16y agoI got my first job in programming by simply applying to every IT job at a company where I worked in the mailroom. Because it was an internal interview they had to do it (some kind of rule they had to follow) and finally they gave up and gave me a chance with the testy remark that if I failed they never ever wanted to see my face again. Worked fine :)