entry level jobs

[shibajyoti]

Why are  "entry-level" categorized jobs asking for experience?

Also, each category should have a minimum pay scale.  People are misusing talent with meager payments for huge workloads!

[AndreaG]

Hi Shibajyoti,

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[shibajyoti]

That should be Upwork's duty to maintain the filter criteria. How can I control that?

[NikolaS]

Hi Shibajyoti,

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Thank you,

[kinector]

Shibajyoti, I think your question about experience is easy to understand.

Perhaps, in the client's mind, you have to get experience before you get experience. They just redefined "entry-level." 🤭

[shibajyoti]

Absolutely! it's like

"WE ARE  NOT LOOKING FOR PROFESSIONALS, BUT THE CANDIDATE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 5+ YEARS OF HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE !"

OUR BUDGET FOR THE PERFECT CANDIDATE IS 3.0 to 3.5 $ PER HOUR!

[prestonhunter]

A person can have five years of experience doing entry-level work.

Data entry is entry-level work.

[jaycrutcher]

Maybe they just mean cheap when they select entry level.

[kinector]

Yeah Jarrad.

If we go that way, maybe the classification should reflect that directly.

Like:

Cheap
Cheaper
Cheapest/dirt-cheap
Actually usable

🤭