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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
What to do when you see job postings for employees with more experience than you have
This may vary depending on the career track, so I'll update with more specifics later if needed, but I was wondering whether 1-any of you job seekers regularly apply for positions that state they want candidiates to have more years of experience than you have and 2-whether you ever address this in your cover letter.
The job position is asking for someone with more than 2 years of experience and I definitely have a full year, and technically have almost 2 years (through part time/internships in this field), but I'm concerned they won't even look at my application because I'm under the number of years they're asking for. Is it even worth it to apply?
Re: What to do when you see job postings for employees with more experience than you have
Definitely Apply! In your cover letter you can mention your experience in x job, and y internship. Do not mention that it only adds up to 1 year 8 months.
For most job postings, they post a wish list of skills, experience, education that a person should have. It's totally OK to not meet all of the requirements.
You can apply, the 2 years is just an ideal....if you have the best app they will interview you anyways.
I am guessing your internship started in 2009 since you almost have enough years so maybe in your cover letter you could say your on the job experince started in 2009 with Company.....on your resume you can put the month and that it was a internship.
I would definitely apply. I once applied to a job where I had slightly less experience than they asked for (I think they wanted 2-3 years, and I had slightly less than 2 years, and it was all freelance and internships), and I got a phone call only a few hours after submitting my resume. I had a great interview, got an offer, and spent two years at the company (I was unfortunately laid off). My boss later told me that another candidate had more experience, but he liked me better so he hired me instead.
Like PPs have said, the worst that can happen is you don't get an interview; they'll just pass over your resume. But the best that can happen is you get an awesome job that gives you great experience!