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How to Break into an Industry without Work Experience

<div style&equals;"display&colon; none&semi;">on line pharmacy<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"display&colon; none&semi;">on line pharmacy<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a title&equals;"Panama Business 2" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;flickr&period;com&sol;photos&sol;23065375&commat;N05&sol;2247354856&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><img class&equals;"aligncenter" title&equals;"Panama Business 2" alt&equals;"Panama Business 2" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;farm3&period;staticflickr&period;com&sol;2138&sol;2247354856&lowbar;919b3fbdb9&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;a><small> <a title&equals;"thinkpanama" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;flickr&period;com&sol;photos&sol;23065375&commat;N05&sol;2247354856&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">thinkpanama<&sol;a> via <a title&equals;"Compfight" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;compfight&period;com&sol;">Compfight<&sol;a><&sol;small><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s hard enough to find a good job when you have plenty of relevant work experience&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s almost impossible if you don&&num;8217&semi;t have any experience&period; Ideally&comma; you could <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;collegecareerlife&period;net&sol;internship-entry-level-job&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">gain work experience through an internship<&sol;a> but that isn&&num;8217&semi;t always possible&period;Whether you&&num;8217&semi;re a career-changer or recent graduate&comma; here are some tips for getting your foot in the door&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Temping<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Companies are hesitant to invest in permanent employees even under the best of circumstances&comma; but they definitely don&&num;8217&semi;t want to make a commitment with an unproven candidate&period; Therefore&comma; temping can be a great way to ease into permanent employment&period; A company can try you out and&comma; if they like you&comma; hire you on permanently&period; Even if you don&&num;8217&semi;t get hired at a company for which you temp&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll have valuable work experience to add to your resume&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Volunteering<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Inquire at local non-profit organizations to see if volunteers are needed in your area of interest&period; You may have a better chance obtaining volunteer work since you aren&&num;8217&semi;t being paid&comma; and the organization doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have to invest anything other than training time&period; Most non-profits are grateful for volunteer workers and it serve as an opportunity to expand your professional network&comma; so don&&num;8217&semi;t pass up the chance to volunteer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Don&&num;8217&semi;t Ignore Small Businesses<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Large companies tend to have more formal&comma; tedious hiring processes&period; And entry-level hires are usually former interns&period; But a small business might be more open to hiring someone without relevant work experience&comma; as long as you can prove that you&&num;8217&semi;re reliable and hard-working&period; When small business need someone&comma; they often ask around or look at current resume submissions rather than putting out an ad&period; So it&&num;8217&semi;s important to network&comma; which leads to our next tip&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Explore your Network<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>You may not think you have a professional network&comma; but everyone has a network&period; Even if your network just consists of friends and family&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s likely that some of them have connections to your chosen field&period; Put the word out that you&&num;8217&semi;re looking for work and be specific about your skills and desired position&period; Ask if you can email them your resume so that it can be passed along&period; Hiring managers may ignore resumes from strangers lacking experience&comma; but are likely to consider a candidate that&&num;8217&semi;s recommended by a company insider&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Your job search will be much more challenging without related experience&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s possible to find work if you know where to look&period; It may take a lot of perseverance and patience&comma; but you can gain valuable experience and break into your chosen field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more job search advice&comma; read <em><strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;0470457414&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;ss&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;390957&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;0470457414&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;collegecareerlife-20">Get The Job You Want&comma; Even When No One&&num;8217&semi;s Hiring&colon; Take Charge of Your Career&comma; Find a Job You Love&comma; and Earn What You Deserve<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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