The Work Experience Gap Isn't Real: how to build credibility and trust from the start of your career

This episode of Inspiring Entrepreneurs is sponsored by CIMA, the world's leading and largest professional body of Management Accountants. To access job opportunities, career advice, and employability events, or for more information about their globally recognised qualification, sign up to the CIMA newsletter now: https://myfuture.cimaglobal.com/me If you’re ambitious, motivated, ready to work, but feel like everyone else has better internships, better connections, better grades, or a better story… This episode is for you. Because today we’re dismantling limiting beliefs that can hold you back as a student or in the early stages of your career: That you need permission before you can start building credibility. That experience only comes from job titles. And that opportunity only opens after someone gives you a chance. Here’s the truth: The experience gap isn’t real — if you know how to play it. By the end of this episode, you will understand: • how to start building evidence of skills before someone hires you• how communication and collaboration make you employable faster than grades alone• and how to position yourself as valuable even when your CV feels “empty.” And if you’re a Strathclyde student who wants to put what you learn in this episode into practice, there’s great support available for you via the Strathclyde Careers Service. You can: access a world of advice on gaining work experience before graduation: https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/careers/students/workexperience/explore how to develop skills that employers value alongside your studies: https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/careers/students/workexperience/buildyourskillsexperience/discover how mentoring programmes can help you to build your network: https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/careers/students/workexperience/mentoring/