In the past exact and science studies were always very much male studies overhere.

If you/your friends are web designers, build some sample web site layouts.

If you are a graphics or art person, create a few logos and other things using your skills.

If you are a application developer or programmer, make something really cool or improve on a current idea and shop it around.

Basically having an online portfolio or a handful of things you can show off at a moments notice would help.

A lot of companies today don’t care about that piece of paper. They want to know you can do the work.

If you see something on a company site listing a specific job position that you’d like to have, depending on what it is, make sure you have some examples of doing that sort of thing.

I know it seems I’m going in circles now that I read over my comment (before I hit submit) but I hope I’m giving you/your friends some good feedback.

It’s worked for me and a few people I know.

That seems to be a common argument across the board, and I have yet to figure out what I am to tell my friends (or even myself) when they go out looking for jobs.

The problem with a lot of people who have degrees and “official training” don’t have real world experience.

Companies are finding out that just because someone has a degree doesn’t mean they can actually do the work, so they go in search of people with hands on experience.

My suggestion to your friends with experience, get a few proof of concepts going to pitch their skill sets to prospective companies.

I don’t understand why companies can’t find qualified workers – unless they aren’t looking for Americans to begin with.