Career Pivot Advice

11 Comments

1. AnonymousSeptember 28,2023 at 5:24PM UTC

   Focus on the transferable skills between the two. Emphasize your people skills. Quantify the accomplishments you had as a recruiter, as those can apply to marketing roles, and include them in the bullet points on your resume.

2. AnonymousSeptember 28,2023 at 6:33PM UTC

   Only use resume writers who have worked within the HR/Hiring field for at least 3-5 years. LI thought leader/recruiters/TA etc suggest this group are best equipped to know what a great resume should contain, look, and read like.

3. ChrishoggSeptember 30,2023 at 12:32PM UTC

   Before you start updating your documents, I think you would be wise to:

   1) Determine who you are, what you want to do, and why you want to do it (books, What Color is Your Parachute? and Designing Your Life).

   2) Confirm the preceding through 10 or so informational meetings with people who are doing what you want to do, and through 10 or so informational meetings with people who supervise / manage the role you're thinking about.

   3) Then craft your resume and update your LI profile.

4. Melina MarieOctober 2,2023 at 9:29PM UTC

   thank you!!

5. GirlBossanova934974September 30,2023 at 12:46PM UTC

   I have worked in Marketing for the last 17 years. I am assuming that by event/planning Marketing you mean, trade shows, live seminars, and that sort of thing. Usually, there are 2 main parts to any trade show. Those components are the vendors and the attendees. You have lots of experience working with "attendees". I would focus on that. One way you gain great experience is joining up with a trade society in your current field or find a society with bigger pockets which runs events and big trade shows. You can then get on various committees which run these trade shows. I joined the nation's 2nd largest non profit about 12 years ago. From there, I organized and was part of around 7-8 major society trade shows. One year, I was the Finance Chair, the next year, the Papers Chair, the next year, the Sponsors Chair, Exhibits Chair etc.. These events took 12-18 months of planning to get off the ground. Well over $2M of revenue per show. All experience gained for free.

6. Melina MarieOctober 2,2023 at 9:29PM UTC

   Thanks so much!

7. AnonymousSeptember 30,2023 at 5:36PM UTC

   Start by doing some event planning within your current role or using things like job fairs and employer branding as the way in.

8. AnonymousOctober 1,2023 at 12:23PM UTC

   I would also look at hotels in your area for marketing opportunities. Many of them need good sales and marketing people. It involves both selling the hotel and managing large events.

9. AnonymousOctober 1,2023 at 12:24PM UTC

   I have also volunteered to manage large events at non-profit organizations. Gained a ton of experience and made lots of friends. I agree with the other commenters.

10. Melina MarieOctober 2,2023 at 9:28PM UTC

    That's helpful - thank you!!

11. AnonymousOctober 3,2023 at 6:31PM UTC

    I’m the Head of our People & Culture Department and have been there for about 8 months. This past Friday I, along with the leadership team (all of who are white), presented on departmental accomplishments and discussed next steps. My portion was at the very end of the presentation and, while he praised the others contributions, he said nothing about mine. I thought I was being overly sensitive, but today he recognized every again with the exception of me. This took me down and I felt demoralized and dismissed. Any thoughts on how to address this problem?