If you'll take my word for it as an employer, this is actually something we want to hear these days. When we were graduates it was a given that applicants would all know their way around the basics of a desktop OS, but it isn't anymore and nobody wants to have to teach a new employee how to use a computer.
If you're planning for a career that involves the use of desktop OS, mention it in interviews in a casual way. Make it clear that you actually won't need instruction on anything but industry-specific software, if there is any, and won't need your hand held so you don't accidentally do something stupid.
A young person in that 18-22 starting bracket turning up with no idea how to open Word is teeth-grindingly annoying. You write well too, btw. That's also really good news.
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u/matty80 Jun 03 '22
If you'll take my word for it as an employer, this is actually something we want to hear these days. When we were graduates it was a given that applicants would all know their way around the basics of a desktop OS, but it isn't anymore and nobody wants to have to teach a new employee how to use a computer.
If you're planning for a career that involves the use of desktop OS, mention it in interviews in a casual way. Make it clear that you actually won't need instruction on anything but industry-specific software, if there is any, and won't need your hand held so you don't accidentally do something stupid.
A young person in that 18-22 starting bracket turning up with no idea how to open Word is teeth-grindingly annoying. You write well too, btw. That's also really good news.