Firstly, you must believe that it can be done! Remember that everyone has had to do it at some point.

Secondly, focus on what you do have to offer (e.g., skills, strong work ethic, volunteer experience, good attitude). Attitude is everything — if you’ve a good attitude, you can be trained. Outline your good attitude (positive, open), adaptability and ability to learn quickly. Outline any experience you’ve gained in a sports or social club, volunteer work or other extracurricular activity. Remember that you’re not expected to have done a million things when you’re young. All you have to do is put your best foot forward.

Then, simply show up! Often we can underestimate the impact of simply being on time and being consistent, but it’s really so important for building trust and demonstrating reliability.

CAREERRonan Kennedy21 June 2021Experience

7 Tips for dealing with the catch 22 of experience versus qualifications.

What happens when you come out of college or a training course and you can’t find a job? I imagine most young people have experienced this before. You hear things like “Sorry, we’re looking for someone with more experience” or “Sorry, you don’t have the qualifications that we’re looking for”. I’ve been in that position myself and it’s definitely not something that you want to hear after you’ve spent 4 years completing a course.
You’ve no experience so you can’t get a job and you’ve no job so you can’t get experience.

CAREERRonan Kennedy14 January 2016Social Media, Qualifications, Experience, Beliefs, Add Value

Essential Decision-Making for Leaders

"We think, each of us, that we're much more rational than we are. And we think that we make our decisions because we have good reasons to make them, even when it's the other way around. We believe in the reasons, because we've already made the decision."

- Daniel Kahneman

Experience versus Qualifications - Solutions to the Catch 22

What happens when you come out of college or a training course and you can’t find a job? You hear things like “Sorry, we’re looking for someone with more experience” or “Sorry, you don’t have the qualifications that we’re looking for”. I think that most young people have heard this at some stage before. I’ve been in that position myself and it’s definitely not something that you want to hear after you’ve spent 4 years or more completing a third level qualification.

CAREERRonan Kennedy26 September 2014Experience, Qualifications, Passion, Career Change, Career

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