When you have no work place experience, consider your transferable skills

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I mastered the courage to go for the job, having graduated just about 3 weeks earlier. I went to the receptionist and asked to see the Managing Director. She ushered me in to the office of an elderly man who was kind enough to give me a hearing. I told him I had just graduated with a bachelor of commerce degree with accounting major and someone informed me that his esteemed company was looking to fill the position of an Accountant which had fallen vacant. “You have no experience to do the job” he said. I was taken aback but gathered the courage and replied “if no one is willing to give me an opportunity to gain experience, how will I ever get any experience?” Proving that I could perform without prior work place experience was the door way to my first job.

7 lessons from a job hunter

After graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, with a major in Accounting, I was excited to go out into the job market having no clue how long or short it would take me to get my first job. I was fortunate to get my 1st job within the 1st month of my graduation. After one year of work, I felt I was not learning anymore and needed more challenge. The quest for challenge seems to be the only constant and this therefore leads to job searching again once in a while. I would like to share my experience and lessons learned through my 1st job and subsequent job changes, if only to tip a fresh graduate or encourage a job seeker.

 

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