The Experience Paradox, And How To Beat It: Using Project-Based College Work to Land Your First Job
When freshly-minted college graduates are looking for their first jobs, many are frustrated by what can best be described as the experience paradox. Many supposedly entry-level post-college jobs ask for one or two years of experience. I’ve heard many graduating seniors exclaim, with warranted frustration, “How can I get my first job, if all of these supposedly first jobs want one or two years of experience?”