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A college graduate who has been jobless for six years is probably pushing thirty. It's harder to get hired with "no" experience at 30 than at 20 (or even young
by apotheon 16y ago
A college graduate who has been jobless for six years is probably pushing thirty. It's harder to get hired with "no" experience at 30 than at 20 (or even younger) a lot of the time, especially for fast-moving "dynamic" technology jobs.
- paul9290 16y agoI started my start-up 4 years ago at 31 and ran out of cash at 34, where I got my first coding job. I had 3 years of hobbyist experience and was able to find a gig. I dont think age has anything to do with it. To land my first gig I found job postings on craiglists or wherever then searched company on facebook to see if any of my friends was connected to an employee at X company. This landed me a few interviews pretty quickly. Now I indeed I did start at a low level salary, but it has quickly increased. IF this is indeed true ... good luck; think outside the box like this post to help you get your 1st gig!
- stcredzero 16y agoOne thing I found, when I was in a similar situation, is that people with "nontraditional" CV's are rebuffed in a somewhat rougher manner than usual applicants. This can be pretty discouraging. This was decades ago for me, so I was doing a lot of phone calls as a part of my job search. It can be a bit brutal.
- paul9290 16y agooh ... well doing the whole Facebook thing - finding a mutual connection between me and the employer really helped a lot. Within a few days after using this method I landed interviews and a few different offers. Also, I did have a portfolio of different designs I built for my start-up as well two other sites I built.