XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: john@jfeldredge.com   
      
   On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:32:25 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > In article <52e34a9d$0$52778$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Dimensional   
   > Traveler  wrote:   
      
   >> And why would a company want to hire someone who has already proven   
   >> they are disloyal enough to look for another job while they already   
   >> have one?   
   >>   (Keep in mind that the person tossing out applications is probably   
   >> thinking "why would we hire anyone so bad they don't already have a   
   >> job?".)   
   >   
   > That sounds similar to the silliness where no company will hire you   
   > because you don't have experience, and you can't get experience because   
   > no company will hire you.  :-(   
      
   I ran into a similar problem early on in my career, when the small   
   company I was working for laid me off due to one of their customers   
   choosing to change to an off-the-shelf product instead of custom   
   programming.  I had six months work experience in the programming field   
   at that point, and was turned down both by companies that wanted people   
   with at least two years experience, and by companies that wanted new   
   graduates with no experience.  One of the latter companies told me, "We   
   want people who haven't learned any other company's way of doing things."   
      
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