{"id":33804,"date":"2026-08-03T13:19:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/?p=33804"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:19:53","slug":"as-professional-experience-is-mentioned-in-almost-all-job-adverts-can-i-still-apply-as-someone-just-starting-out-in-their-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/as-professional-experience-is-mentioned-in-almost-all-job-adverts-can-i-still-apply-as-someone-just-starting-out-in-their-career\/","title":{"rendered":"As professional experience is mentioned in almost all job adverts, can I still apply as someone just starting out in their career?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It depends on the wording: words such as \u2018ideally\u2019 or \u2018desirable\u2019 indicate a non-mandatory requirement, i.e. not an absolute prerequisite. With \u2018required\u2019, the situation is different.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Initial work experience\u2019 means that you have already had a taste of the working world and that your expertise is not purely theoretical.<\/p>\n<p>Where \u2018relevant\u2019 or \u2018pertinent\u2019 work experience is specified, however, employers expect applicants to have worked in this field, in the same sector or in a comparable role, and to be familiar with the tasks and processes involved. In other words, you have a direct connection to the job you\u2019re applying for, as well as relevant prior knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It depends on the wording: words such as \u2018ideally\u2019 or \u2018desirable\u2019 indicate a non-mandatory requirement, i.e. not an absolute prerequisite. With \u2018required\u2019, the situation is different. \u2018Initial work experience\u2019 means that you have already had a taste of the working world and that your expertise is not purely theoretical. Where \u2018relevant\u2019 or \u2018pertinent\u2019 work experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47486,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33804\/revisions\/47486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobboerse.aau.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}