I find myself surrounded by jobs that refuse to hire me because of my lack of experience. I mostly hear "You need more experience" or "We are looking for someone a bit more skilled" or "We can't afford the time to train you". The fact is that there are jobs in hospitality, retail and cafes. Jobs that you just pick up and do. Training should take about 2 days to 2 week at the absolute most. It took me days to learn my dishie job. I think the hardest part of having a new job is getting adjusted to the schedule and that isn't even that hard. Well I have heard one thing over and over again from multiple backpackers and kind people giving advice; Lie.
Well I don't have too many qualms with lying but there is a certain amount of lying that I can't do. I can lie on resumes about as much as I can back up. I wish I could back it up a bit more but I just can't. Say I were to say that I have experience making coffees, they would expect me to get there the first day on the job and know how to work a contraption that I have never seen before. Well I have tried that with the one job I got a response from. Did not work out. That said, I did my best to follow though and contact the owner (who I never met) who offered me the job in the first place.
I am not the only one going though this. Many backpackers I have talked to agree that not only is it not easy to get a job but the place looking for work have an extremely high standards when it comes to qualification. I have also been told that many places treat backpackers poorly. Either you get paid poorly or you get treated poorly. I'm honestly fine with both of those things as long as I am getting paid. That is my goal right now; Get a job, get paid.
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