01-22-2016, 10:56 PM
(01-22-2016, 10:22 PM)Surge Wrote:(01-22-2016, 10:12 PM)Lost Rinoah Wrote: Any former work or school that you were able to cite on any applications? I actually am interested. But this is probably where things start getting uncomfortable. So yeah. I'm a, science and theories guy. The mechanical portions of things? No idea. The theory and planning? I'm on it. Air flow, ballistics, etc. I'd have loved to converse upon aviation but I know little and it'd be moot.No individual references as they required it be somebody I know for 5 years who isn't a relative, which rules out literally everyone except a few childhood friends, but I have 3 years of automotive services from high school and 3 student certifications to show for it, while not as good as a full and proper ASE certification because the student certs are graded on a curve it clearly counted for quite a lot as I would otherwise be coming in with nothing, but with the certs I can demonstrate that I have a background in mechanical work.
While it's nice to have those certifications you still arrive at the current issues of such things. Everyone's looking for experienced workers, but very few or none are actually giving positions that will let people gain the experience they want. Setting up the future for extreme failure. And making the job market nigh impossible for new workers to navigate. Especially since the experienced workforce is starting to very rapidly taper off with mass retirement of the old experienced workforce. At least you're more likely than most.