I’ve been applying for entry level roles but keep seeing “experience preferred.” How do people break into retail or hospitality without that first chance?

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It sucks doesn’t it!

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Literally in the same boat

Hope you get something soon! :)

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Just keep applying! Someone will eventually give you a chance. Someone gave me a chance right out of college with very minimal real world experience. Specifically with hospitality and restaurants, with a lot of the positions, companies are willing to train with no experience. It may be fast paced, so you’d need to be a fast learner. But you could definitely have a chance

That’s true, thank you!

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