Recently, someone told me about a young woman who’s looking to change jobs. She’s taken a course in the field she’s interested in, but hasn’t made the move yet. Here’s what I would share with her.
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1. Remember that most hiring is done because of 3 things<\/strong>: 1) likeability, 2) competency, and 3) potential. Yes, people tend to want to hire people who have done it before, but if you’re willing to go into entry roles, everyone is equally “unqualified.”\u00a0 I once had a college graduate apologize for not knowing the financial industry. He’s not supposed to: instead, he shows leadership through holding part time jobs, being football captain, and having a great GPA. Even if you don’t have the exact experience, you can talk about your similar experiences<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0The hiring manager will\u00a0make the connection.<\/p>\n 2. You already know a lot more than you think<\/strong>. It’s easy to learn technical details: what this thing\u00a0is called, what the process is. The attributes which make you successful: likeability, teamwork, good communications skills, analytical thinking, detail orientation…you probably had those in grade school. They’re important wherever you go.<\/p>\n 3. Chase the experience, not the money. Once you get there, you just want to learn<\/strong>. The money will come.<\/p>\n 4. When you get the new job, leave on great terms<\/strong>. Give appropriate and flexible notice, transition your responsibilities to the new person. Don’t leave your old group in the lurch.<\/p>\n 5. Every new challenging job will be scary<\/strong>. Every big move I ever made? I was convinced that it would be the one to torpedo my career and I’d have to move back with my parents. You know what?\u00a0Didn’t happen. I knew a lot more than\u00a0I thought I did, and what I didn’t know, I learned.\u00a0 Scary is a good indicator you’re stretching yourself, not just jumping from one thing to another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, someone told me about a young woman who’s looking to change jobs. She’s taken a course in the field she’s interested in, but hasn’t made the move yet. Here’s what I would share with her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perform-better"],"yoast_head":"\n