I remember applying for my first job at a party store called Wishing Well. It seemed like an amazing place to work, and I was thrilled to hand in my application (on paper, because it was the 90s after all). I didn’t make it out of the front door before the manager came to say they weren’t interested. “You have no experience,” she sighed. “Sorry.” I walked out of Wishing Well feeling disappointed and confused, wondering how you’re supposed to get your first job if you need to have already had a first job to be hired?

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