Career entry without work experience
You have finally completed your studies or your desired training and now your professional life is waiting for you. Longed for, but arrived too quickly? Unfortunately, starting a job for "freshly baked" graduates is very difficult, since you are often in a vicious circle. The well-known vicious circle: Without work experience it seems almost impossible to get a job these days. But no job experience can be gained without a job.
You believe that suitable job To have found for yourself in which you want to blossom in the next few weeks, months and years? If you take a look at the profile of a graduate, you might think that all the requirements for professional life have been met - young, well educated, qualified and motivated as well. But the following situation will certainly sound familiar to you from your application marathon:
You scroll through countless advertisements every day, but you are put off by the first few lines. "Completed studies and at least three years of relevant professional experience."
Don't panic, keep calm and heed our tips below team force and your career start will work perfectly. But what exactly needs to be considered when starting a career?
Everyone has professional experience, including young professionals!
University projects, volunteer work or hobbies also count as a kind of professional experience. The term "getting started" already indicates that something new is waiting for you and that many unknown situations will come up to you. You don't have to be able to do everything right from the start!
Make a personal connection to the job!
Even if you have not yet worked in a certain area, you can indicate your interest in the job in your application and why you would be particularly well suited for it. You can do how a curriculum vitae should be structured and what needs to be considered under the following article ...
Use practitioners as door openers!
Internship positions help you to gain professional experience during or after your studies. Practitioners also offer you an excellent opportunity to make new contacts and build networks for the future.
Write theses in cooperation with companies!
Bachelor or master theses can be ideally combined with practical work in companies and offer you the opportunity to get to know a company better. Perhaps the collaboration will also create a professional opportunity for the future.
Initiative application!
Before you read job ads continuously, take your luck into your own hands and apply actively. A speculative application conveys particular interest and you stand out among the large number of applications.
It pays to be patient!
Don't let your motivation go under. During your studies did you still feel that the world was open to you? Correctly! Sometimes it takes a little patience to find the right job. Don't be put off by cancellations!
Every beginning is difficult! Just don't get discouraged and believe in yourself.
In this sense there is only one quote from Walt Disney to mention which should encourage you to believe in yourself:
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
Walt Disney
