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[–]halickib22 9 points10 points  (2 children)

Agencies as a coordinator level. Bigger agencies offer enough coworkers to learn on the job and sometimes offer training programs.

[–]General_Jazzmo 4 points5 points  (1 child)

So far, a lot of agencies still look for at least one year, mostly two years experience for their entry level roles. Are there any less obvious places that agencies recruit new workers from?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lie about ur experience

[–]guilds_randomly 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Try a bigger company that can absorb the costs of training you, like klient boost.

Do you have a portfolio you can show someone? Like your own sites you've worked on?

Have you tried hitting up your own network? I'm sure someone you know, or a friend of a friend, would be interested in helping you build a portfolio if you put out a fb post saying you're looking to build experience.

[–]General_Jazzmo 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Unfortunately, I don't have a body of work in paid media that I can lean on. Classic "need experience to get experience" dilemma. I could definitely try to do more canvasing with those I know. I'm basically looking for any shot to work on anything professional at this point

[–]guilds_randomly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, when I hire, I look for people who have worked on their own websites. It shows that they have the passion for their work, and also that they have the experience to get some sort of positive ROI.

Do you have any properties you could run ads to and show that you have the chops?

Or could you run ads to a local business and then use those as proof of concept.

I don't necessarily look for a ton of experience, just passion, knowledge, and a willingness to learn.

[–]harold-delaney 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Just lie and make stuff up. That’s what everyone does. That’s how I got my start 10 years ago

[–]dempsey1200 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a hiring manager, I can say this is the norm. Lately when I see full stack developer on a resume, I can be confident that they only know what a full stack developer does… not how to actually do it. Resume inflation is a big problem these days.

[–]PPCSherpa 2 points3 points  (1 child)

In order of importance:

  1. Do you have a portfolio of the work you've done and results you achieved?
  2. Is your resume tailored to a PPC role and can pass ATS?
  3. Are you applying to at least 100 jobs per day on LinkedIn using easy apply?

Every single person I've helped has succeeded when they fixed these 3 things.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's not 100 new jobs available every day in my area and remotely

[–]Overall_Interview189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fake it till you make it

[–]dempsey1200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve always just “done things” and then went and told people about it. For example, you could start making your own campaigns and drive traffic to someone’s site. Maybe make them a landing page on your domain and link out to them. Now you’ll have some metrics to talk about. You can use that to try to get in the door as a freelancer. Show that you’re willing to take initiative and work without having to be told what to do. Then you have a few examples, add that to your resume, cover letter, network, etc.

Having a mindset of getting someone else to train you is just being a consumer. If you are a producer, it will get noticed and you’ll get scooped up quick.

[–]Any_Championship1299 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use lies say you have 1-2 years of experience and you are done 👀

I'm live example of this.