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kirsty100000
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lol I apologise if this is a bit long winded I just need to vent 
I'm getting really frustrated with my job search because I feel that everyone wants more experience than I have even though I am doing everything I can to get experience and am not going to get more experience unless someone gives me a chance. I have lost count of how many interviews I have had only to be told I didn't get the job as I didn't have enough experience
I am getting more and more frustrated with this as I am getting increasingly unhappy in my current job due to feeling intimidated and bullied by certain members of staff.
Please wish me some luck that something positive happens soon

I'm getting really frustrated with my job search because I feel that everyone wants more experience than I have even though I am doing everything I can to get experience and am not going to get more experience unless someone gives me a chance. I have lost count of how many interviews I have had only to be told I didn't get the job as I didn't have enough experience

I am getting more and more frustrated with this as I am getting increasingly unhappy in my current job due to feeling intimidated and bullied by certain members of staff.
Please wish me some luck that something positive happens soon

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I hope so too
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It is really tough out there at the moment. You can tackle the bullying issues by making a formal grievance to HR.
You must be doing something right to be interviewed in the first place so you must be meeting some criteria - maybe it is the way you come across in interview that is holding you back? I would always ask for feedback when I have received the rejection notice.
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I have spoken to management about the bullying but they just dismiss it and say that's just the way those people are.
I always ask for feedback and am told that it's because I don't have as much experience as others who applied for the same position. I really hope something comes up soon as it's really frustrating me that no one will give me a chance£2013 in 2013 challenge - £2235.75/£20130 -
the experience thing is a killer.
I'm trying to think of a job/career I would like after spending the last decade doing monkey work in warehouses for minimum wage. Depressing existence, reallly.
Recently let go.
Every job seems to want you to have both a degree and lots of experience in the role.
I even type in 'trainee' in the search bar on job sites, hoping that I can start at the bottom and learn at the job, but even 'trainee' jobs tend to want a degree, and ideally experience and qualifications relating to the role.0 -
I know
It's so frustrating. I have a degree and took 2 online qualifications last year and am getting some experience through voluntary work. I'm also working for minimum wage but it seems like this is not enough
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It's a catch 22 situation isn't it? How can you get a job without experience or get experience without a job?0
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Speaking to management about bullying and making a formal grievance are two different things. A formal grievance generates a process that the employer has to undertake to resolve the situation.
It has always been the case with regard to experience - it is just getting that employer to take a chance. I see secretarial jobs now where employers want a degree which is madness, 30+ years' experience far outweighs a degree in my book. I even have update qualifications so I shall continue to plod on as you should do too - something will come up.0 -
Yes I have noticed that ¨trainee" positions expect 1-2 years relevant work experience. Annoying to say the least so you arent alone OP.0
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