Corporate recruiters told me 3 years of experience is the "new entry level" in a meeting last week

They literally said on a Zoom call in front of 20 people that they won't even look at resumes with less than 3 years for an assistant role, has anyone else seen this shift happen right in front of them?

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blairm4420d ago

Wow, that's insane. 3 years for an assistant role? That's not entry level, that's just wanting cheap experienced labor without paying for it. How do they expect people to get that first job when every single one asks for the same thing?

cameron77019d ago

And I read somewhere that this is actually a growing trend, companies are just copy-pasting job requirements from other postings without thinking. It's like they see "3 years experience" on a similar role and just throw it in there, even for something that's clearly entry level. I've even heard of places listing "entry level" but then demanding a degree and years of experience, which is nuts. It basically traps people in this loop where nobody gets a shot unless they already had one, you know? Makes you wonder if they even read their own job descriptions sometimes.