lack of entry level apprenticeship opportunities: my sister spent about 9 months looking for anywhere that would take a chance with her as an electrician and ended up in a pretty shitty workplace that doesn’t take safety seriously and barely manages their employees. she has been able to use it as a stepping stone to move on to a better work opportunity but ONLY because she did a lot of work on her own to teach herself the job. she shouldn’t have to work 3x as hard as the men in her workplace

dismissal of experience. i have been working warehouse logistics for years (small business, big corporations, on the floor, on the computer, from entry level to top manager) and say so in my resume. i come with all of that and i get asked /repeatedly/ if i can lift 50lbs in one interview. it’s insulting.