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Old 09-11-2013, 05:39 PM
 
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I called up a screen printing company last week to ask about possible job openings. I told the manager that I learned how to screen print when I was in school. He told me that he wants someone with experience and if I'm interested I can come in whenever I want for him to see if I'm good on the machine.

I googled the company and found their Facebook page which had a few photos. I saw that they had an automatic screen printing press and I've only been trained on a manual press. Next week, I'll be going into another print shop that will let me practice screen printing which will also be on a manual press. This might sound silly, but do you guys think the potential employer will show me the door when I tell him that I don't have experience on an automatic press for t-shirts? Don't you think he would train me and show me how to use it? I assume I can use what I already know which will make it easier to learn.
What do you guys think?
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Old 09-11-2013, 06:32 PM
 
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It probably depends on whether they have any applicants with experience using the press they use. I don't know how much the skills transfer (heh), but it might help if you could bring samples of your work.
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Old 09-11-2013, 06:59 PM
 
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In case you're wondering what you're suffering from, it's called paralysis by analysis.

They either will or they won't. There is almost a certainty that nothing you can do will change that fact.

So, apply for the job, go to the "test" and see where it goes from there.
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