A bit of Catch 22: 01 (Applying for a job)

Catch 22:  (MBP dictionary says)  a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions

(from googling)

• an impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you have done another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first thing
• a contradiction or an inescapable paradox caused by the rule itself. It was adopted into general English to refer to an illogical situation, or a problem in which the solution is denied by the problem itself.

For those who might not know, the phrase Catch 22 comes from the novel of the same title, published in 1961, written by Joseph Heller, adapted into a film in 1970. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22

The example for a Catch 22 situation would be:  some or a lot of jobs require the applicant to have some experience.  So, what are first timers to do?  You can’t get the job unless you have some experience, but how do you gain experience unless you’re accepted for a job?