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How do you gain experience when experience is required in order to gain it?

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by Veronika Ambertson
Career Coach

Many lament their lack of certain experience and wonder how they can ever gain any when they are not given a chance in the first place. Perhaps you also experience a growing frustration and shrinking confidence as you seek to get into the development field without already having experience in it.

The key to finding your way in, is to shift your focus from what you don’t have to what you do have, whether you are starting your career or transitioning into the development sector. Read on to find out exactly how to 

  1. Work consciously to overcome your negativity bias by reading Vacancy Announcements carefully.
  2. Translate your transferable skills and competencies into the context and language of the organization you’re applying to. 
  3. Take a long-term strategic approach to your career in the development field. 

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