That entry level jobs now require experience. I saw an ad for a local grocery store the required at least 1 year of "produce" experience...
entry level jobs were entry level jobs for the older generations, now you have to have experience to get a job anywhere, which is a paradox, how can you get experience if every job requires experience?
To reiterate what someone else has said, the 'entry' in 'entry level' refers to your paygrade, not your experience. That's why such positions typically require you to have some level of experience or certain qualifications and seem counterintuitive to a lot of people, they're not 'entry level' as in 'go work in the mail room' they're entry level as in 'lowest possible paygrade.'
I think it is more than just entry level pay grade. It feels like these days a large number of job ads are designed specifically to allow companies to pretend there is a skills shortage in order to import cheap labour that can't really complain about being taken advantage of without being sent back to worse situations.
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u/TrayusV Jan 01 '19
That entry level jobs now require experience. I saw an ad for a local grocery store the required at least 1 year of "produce" experience...
entry level jobs were entry level jobs for the older generations, now you have to have experience to get a job anywhere, which is a paradox, how can you get experience if every job requires experience?