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Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by Balgair on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @11:23PM (#16704278)
Jesus! That's really awesome!

I'm at ~700 jobs and only had 1 offer that was pretty bad. (Optics and/or Bio-tech)

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Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by hyperdimension on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:57AM (#16704602)
...surely you didn't mean 700 jobs?

70 jobs? 700 applications? Or am I completely mistaken and you are a much more well-traveled person than I am?

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Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by Balgair on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:26PM (#16708327)
700 applications, about 25 phone interviews, 2 offers to fly out, 1 (bad) actual offer. Still waiting to hear back on a lot of the jobs.

Granted bio-tech is a bit different of an environment. There are a fair few certs you can get. Also, I recently found out that a few large companies only hire interns and the job postings are just for legal compliance. That info felt like a punch in the guts, sooooo many hours wasted.

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