Heyy everyone, This question might seem dumb for most but as a 19yr guy , still don’t know what to do. I wanted to know if there is anyway to find a companies to work with as an « alternant » in visual and audio specialisation ( french term for someone partially working some days in the week while also going to school ). As matter of fact I’ve tried to look for thing like that but don’t know how to contact them or anyway, Does anyone has some tips to give me, would be much appreciated ! And also if there is any alternative to LinkedIn because I’m getting sick of the people on this app being 50yr racist and self centered manager/ceo… that I have to contact :) Much love to everyone thanks for reading this !
Stay off LinkedIn. It’s nothing but Facebook for people to act like they’re CEOs. It’s literally filled with people who are either working some basic job or not working at all or are some grifter. It’s a worthless site. Use job sites and find companies that look like you would enjoy working for them. Then apply and bug them for an internship. Once you get your foot into the industry, start networking with colleagues to jump to the next opportunity and just keep doing that until you find a company and people you like to work with that pays enough that you’ll stay a while. Also if you’re going to school ask your professors and classmates if they know of any opportunities that you could do for your field. It’s a lot of shitty ground work for a few years but once you establish yourself it’ll get much easier to land new positions and better pay.
Linked in sucks but I have to say all my jobs have been found by recruiters contacting me through it.
This advice seems off-base to me. There is value in LinkedIn connections. But you have to make the connections outside of LinkedIn. Then it amplifies the value of those connections–you can discover that so-and-so knows so-and-so and then ask for introductions.
It also may be industry specific. I’m a software engineer, and I’ve had several employment opportunities come from these connections.
Yea but you’re still finding connections outside of LinkedIn. People join LinkedIn and expect that it’s some great recruiting platform, when it’s just turned into a massive social media circle jerk again.