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Sure, the reality is it's hard to get back into the workforce if you've taken a long extended absence, for any reason.  However, I find it amusing more than anything that some "hiring managers" here on DCUM insist they'd hire the inexperienced, immature, recent college grad over someone who has plenty of experience under his or her belt, plus maturity to go along with it.  Sorry, that definitely smacks of resentment and spite.  I would never hire someone as green as a recent grad if I had another candidate with great experience and real world skills, but gaps in his/her resume.  Nothing beats experience, wisdom, and maturity.  [/quote]

First of all, not all recent college grads are "inexperienced and immature". Actually, some of them have been interning....or working....throughout college. What qualifies as "plenty of experience" is subjective. One of the best hires I've ever seen at work was a woman who had recently graduated with a Master's Degree, but had worked every summer at a similar federal agency and already had a clearance.....she is, additionally, exceedingly mature and professional. They did hire a contractor at one point to do IT work.....she had what I would consider an outdated resume and had taken several years off to have children. She actually was a good hire, but she left very quickly because, once she had that job on her resume, she could get a much better one. That also is a concern of hiring managers. It depends on what the experience is in, and how recent that experience has occurred. It also is subjective what level of maturity someone is at any given time and how valuable their life experience may be to the job for which they are applying. [/quote]

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