I Don’t Have Enough Experience to Sell Myself Yet.

Years on a résumé are easy to count. The experiences you can actually talk about are harder to measure.

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When you’re looking for a new job, apparently it matters how well you can explain your own experience.

Recently, I found a job posting that was almost perfect.

Good salary.
Bonuses.
Retirement benefits.
Fully remote.
A big company.

I briefly imagined myself working there.

Then I looked at the requirements.

“3–5 years of relevant work experience.”

And I stopped.

I’ve been at my current company for about a year.

Before that, I worked part-time for about two years.

If you only look at the numbers, that’s not much experience.

But I had a lot to talk about from my previous job.

I was involved in setting up several departments, and I was the only person assigned to them.

On top of that, I also did customer service and sales work.