Comments on: Dealing With the FNG http://needlemeethaystack.com/2010/03/01/fng/ The Lessons of the Working World Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:12:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mother of a FNG http://needlemeethaystack.com/2010/03/01/fng/comment-page-1/#comment-219 mother of a FNG Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:29:19 +0000 http://needlemeethaystack.com/?p=2068#comment-219 I certainly enjoyed your blog. I have been in the workforce for over 30 years and I remember the anxiety and depression that came with no one wanting to hire me. Keep your nose to the grindstone, keep searching, put yourself out there. I appreciate you identifying the problem and offering hope. The touch of humor made it all a bit easier to swallow. Good Luck FNG, someone is going to be very lucky to get you I certainly enjoyed your blog. I have been in the workforce for over 30 years and I remember the anxiety and depression that came with no one wanting to hire me. Keep your nose to the grindstone, keep searching, put yourself out there.
I appreciate you identifying the problem and offering hope. The touch of humor made it all a bit easier to swallow.
Good Luck FNG, someone is going to be very lucky to get you

]]> By: Dace http://needlemeethaystack.com/2010/03/01/fng/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Dace Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:52:29 +0000 http://needlemeethaystack.com/?p=2068#comment-217 Awesome post, thanks for the insight and showing the bright side of this situation (I was pretty sure there was none). This page has really come in handy in my search recently, keep it up. -FNG Awesome post, thanks for the insight and showing the bright side of this situation (I was pretty sure there was none). This page has really come in handy in my search recently, keep it up.

-FNG

]]> By: Andrew http://needlemeethaystack.com/2010/03/01/fng/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Andrew Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:49:23 +0000 http://needlemeethaystack.com/?p=2068#comment-215 I definitely agree, Thursday. Employers can put the blinders on when it comes to hiring a younger employee, especially if they have a new diploma. A simple solution is to move the "education" section below the "work experience" section on the resume and to focus more on professional achievements over academic ones on the cover letter. But when it comes down to it, the only real cure for FNG status is time. I definitely agree, Thursday. Employers can put the blinders on when it comes to hiring a younger employee, especially if they have a new diploma.

A simple solution is to move the “education” section below the “work experience” section on the resume and to focus more on professional achievements over academic ones on the cover letter. But when it comes down to it, the only real cure for FNG status is time.

]]> By: Thursday Bram http://needlemeethaystack.com/2010/03/01/fng/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Thursday Bram Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:42:05 +0000 http://needlemeethaystack.com/?p=2068#comment-213 I think being the FNG is particularly frustrating when you've actually been working, but prospective employers assume that your brand new diploma means that you have no experience at all. It's a situation I ran into a lot right after I graduated — I had six years of real job experience, but my diploma was too new. I think being the FNG is particularly frustrating when you’ve actually been working, but prospective employers assume that your brand new diploma means that you have no experience at all. It’s a situation I ran into a lot right after I graduated — I had six years of real job experience, but my diploma was too new.

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