entrygulf

/ˈɛntriˌɡʌlf/nounVerified New

The gap between a job posting labelled "entry level" and the years of experience it actually demands.

Three to five years for a junior role, a portfolio for an internship, "ambitious self-starter" for minimum wage: the gulf widens each hiring season. It converts the first rung of the ladder into a cliff face.

Etym. — entry + gulf: not a gap but a sea crossing, requiring a vessel most newcomers do not have.

Rel. — cvtribute · gauntletcreep

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