Changing Careers: How to Convince a Recruiter?
20 December 2010
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How to prove to an employer that you have the required skills when you want to change careers? Advice from our expert.
Yves Deloison, specialist in career change and founder of Toutpourchanger.com
"Internet users often ask me how to change careers because they struggle to find a job in their new field. It's not easy to switch careers. Your project is clearly defined, and you have the necessary prerequisites to perform this new job. However, you can't prove yourself to recruiters. And that's often where it gets stuck.
What is the problem?
Even if confirmed by a skills assessment and validated by adequate training, it is often not enough to encourage employers, who are often hesitant, to hire you. So how do you overcome the obstacle? By identifying what's blocking you. How? By reviewing all aspects of your application to find out what doesn't suit potential recruiters. Is there a gap between your profile and your professional project? If so, which one? Would acquiring an additional skill make your application more attractive? Or perhaps you should look at your job search strategy? Do you need to revise the content of your resume or cover letters?
What is the solution?
The goal is to find what's wrong. Once any obstacles have been identified, you will need to consider solutions to overcome them. It's difficult to carry out such an approach alone. To help you, the best people are professionals who work in the job you are aiming for. By talking to you, they can point out what's wrong and, why not, show you how to highlight what you've learned during your training or your association, volunteer, or leisure activities. The goal: to compensate for your lack of company experience. This approach offers another advantage: the opportunity to develop your network, which is essential for your prospecting. In addition, this strategy should help you feel more comfortable during your next meetings with employers.
Be interested in them
To overcome the often fatal barrier of the telephone switchboard, you can, for example, go to professional trade shows or events, where professionals in the sector are more easily accessible. On site, they won't directly offer you a job, although… But the information obtained can then help you knock on the right doors. You will be able to review your professional project and your efforts and discuss the means to improve your job search. So, this is golden information. As you know, we all like to talk about ourselves, our background and our successes, which is why I advise you to start by getting interested in your contact, who, once confident, will be happy to enlighten you. This plan of attack is undoubtedly the best way to boost your efforts."
Published April 16, 2010
Posted December 21, 2010
maviepro.fr
Yves Deloison, specialist in career change and founder of Toutpourchanger.com
"Internet users often ask me how to change careers because they struggle to find a job in their new field. It's not easy to switch careers. Your project is clearly defined, and you have the necessary prerequisites to perform this new job. However, you can't prove yourself to recruiters. And that's often where it gets stuck.
What is the problem?
Even if confirmed by a skills assessment and validated by adequate training, it is often not enough to encourage employers, who are often hesitant, to hire you. So how do you overcome the obstacle? By identifying what's blocking you. How? By reviewing all aspects of your application to find out what doesn't suit potential recruiters. Is there a gap between your profile and your professional project? If so, which one? Would acquiring an additional skill make your application more attractive? Or perhaps you should look at your job search strategy? Do you need to revise the content of your resume or cover letters?
What is the solution?
The goal is to find what's wrong. Once any obstacles have been identified, you will need to consider solutions to overcome them. It's difficult to carry out such an approach alone. To help you, the best people are professionals who work in the job you are aiming for. By talking to you, they can point out what's wrong and, why not, show you how to highlight what you've learned during your training or your association, volunteer, or leisure activities. The goal: to compensate for your lack of company experience. This approach offers another advantage: the opportunity to develop your network, which is essential for your prospecting. In addition, this strategy should help you feel more comfortable during your next meetings with employers.
Be interested in them
To overcome the often fatal barrier of the telephone switchboard, you can, for example, go to professional trade shows or events, where professionals in the sector are more easily accessible. On site, they won't directly offer you a job, although… But the information obtained can then help you knock on the right doors. You will be able to review your professional project and your efforts and discuss the means to improve your job search. So, this is golden information. As you know, we all like to talk about ourselves, our background and our successes, which is why I advise you to start by getting interested in your contact, who, once confident, will be happy to enlighten you. This plan of attack is undoubtedly the best way to boost your efforts."
Published April 16, 2010
Posted December 21, 2010
maviepro.fr
