Me too. When you figure it out let me know.
Wait, you mean "I" have to do something? Doh!
ROFL :D Did all that. Everyone wants 1-2 years exp. Ack, ack, ack!
Well you live in Mn so you might want to check www.retek.com out. They usally look for people in all levels. Send them an application and see what happens.
you mean there still aren't any jobs in art history?
I suspect most employers are going to want an educational degree or demonstrated experience or both, particularly during an economic downturn. Although I hear marrying the bosses kid has worked more than once, too. Taking internships, creating a port folio, moving to another country where employers aren't so finicky, hocking the family jewels and clearing out the south wall of the bedroom to set up your shop have also been successful strategies for other "lucky" individuals. Working with guidance counselors while at school has even been known to provide longterm benefits, beyond a good fifteen minute snooze.
Quite unfortunatly, companies don't like to train ppl so they expect a certain amount of "hit the ground running" from someone they hire. If your going to a half-way decent college there should be a work credit, or internship program the college uses to help it's students gain work experience. Try to get into that.
You may have to work at KFC for awhile before you have enough experience to tempt any companies to hire you. Once you have something under your belt, besides the knowledge, it's amazing how the companies start to like you.
Having got an entry level position in a few different fields.
First you have to get an interview, then impress them with your ability.
Get a good resume / CV. Get someone in human resources / personel to teach you the best formats and tricks. If your CV is crap, no interview. No age, photo or long paragraphs (don't let them rule you out cause you look like you have 4 ears).
Send out lots by email. Costs very little.
Apply for everything you can even if you don't qualify, may have something else.
When you get an interview, look up the company, so you can ask informed questions (everybody likes to hear about them selves). Impress them with your enthusiasm, which may make up for lack of experience. Its like a audition / performance.
Offer / ask companies for work experence, ie slave labour. Got me a great job and then they paid me for the time anyway, after they saw I had potential.
You mean asking ANY company?
>>> You mean asking ANY company?
Asking shows keeness. Can't do you much harm. Target firms that work in your best skilled area(s). Be prepared to do some really grotty work to build up some real experience for your CV.
If you get a "No", try, subtly and VERY politely to find out where you went wrong and fix it before next time, (used to be easier - these days when someone calls to find out why you rejected them, you start thinking of some kind of discrimination writ following a day or two later! Safer to say "we had a better qualified applicant").