How do you change your career? Serious advise please.?
I been on the administrative field for over 10 years and is getting really sick of it, so I want to change my career and been working on a business degree and close to getting it done. I tried to apply for jobs other than my current role but with my lack of experience on other area, it is very difficult. Any advice?
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Here are a few things to consider:
Instead of writing a resume where you list all the PLACES you have worked, write a resume that lists your ACCOMPLISHMENTS and RESPONSIBILITIES. Prospective employers will then be able to evaluate you on the basis of what you can do for them.
See if you can arrange an informational interview with the kinds of companies or businesses you think you'd like to work for. Tell them why you are interested and ask them how you can prepare yourself for a career in XXXX. You might want to do this while you are still in school, in case there are any extra courses you want to take.
When you apply for a job. customize your resume for that specific job. Read the job description carefully and determine how you can state your qualifications in a way that addresses what the employer is looking for. So, for example, if the new employer wants someone who can deal with Customers and you haven't, but have experience dealing with others, say something like "Excellent Communication skills. Experienced with dealing with others of diverse backgrounds." That won't come across as Sales experience, but it will look better on your resume than "Answering Phones."
Also, always be sure to include a cover letter with your resume. The cover letter is another good way to customize your skills and experiences to the exact demands of the job being advertised.
Good luck,
I am in a similar situation. After I quit teaching high school because I hated disciplining students, I was hired as an entry-level legal secretary. Ever since then, I've been stuck in admin/secretarial roles as well which I am bored with. I feel I can do better because I have a Bachelors in English but no experience. Once you have your Business Degree I would seek out internships and entry-level positions in the business sector and start working your way up. Having the Business Degree will help you land the internships and entry-level jobs.
If there are openings in your present organization in fields in which you would be interested, especially at the entry level, apply for them. Presuming your performance has been good in your present role, you will be fairly considered for the other positions. If there are no such openings in your organization, it will be tough to make such a change without finishing your degree. Once you have finished it, though, your education plus your resume highlighting the relevance of your experience to the jobs for which you have applied will make you well placed to be considered for the job.
Business as such is all about mindset. In order to change your career, your mindset needs a change in the first place.
As a businessman I would look for an employee that is way more dedicated to my business than to her salary. In order to pay you $15.00 an hour you would have to be able to produce the value of at least three times as much, in this case $45.00 and up every hour.
Now if you come to my business looking for an employment I will not be as much interested in your experience (with experience also comes a lot of bad habits) as I would want to know how I am going to benefit as a business in whole by your involvement.
Firmly establish for yourself in what type of business you would want to get involved in, study that particular business in detail (their challenges, growth, future predictions, marketing, production policies etc., etc., etc.) then walk in that particular business with knowledge and most of all offers of solutions and propositions for growth. Do not settle for an entry level positions, they suck and you will get stuck on the bottom rung of a ladder for a long time to come, again growing dissatisfied with your position and most of all with your salary, for an employer will want to keep you there for as long as you are willing to stay there. The reason? The same low pay for now higher production with experience gained.
Convince me that I really need you in my business and you are hired on the spot and I will observe you more like a partner in business instead as another employee.
Your second option, which by the way is also way more lucrative financially and rewarding professionally and personally is to explore your opportunities by establishing a business of your own.
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