There is no right way.

In this day and age you can see really see that it's who you know and not what you know. I see plenty of people who are not qualified for a position working in it.

In my opinion this really stems from companies not wanting to train anyone. Want to work a register that an 8 yr old works in Mexico? Better have 5 yrs experience since they don't want to spend 30 mins training you and showing you how to work the machine.