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????親愛的安妮：我從2006年開始擔任電子商務經理，近來這份工作我越做越不開心。一則我不喜歡去年接管我部門的上司。再則，我這一行的增長已經陷入停滯，而且似乎短期內難以復蘇。所以，雖然在我這里頗有成就，但現在卻覺得有點像在泰坦尼克號上工作一樣沒有前途。 ????我希望能從事另一個行業——比如醫療保健或高科技，我聽說這些都是現在的熱門行業。但是我缺乏針對性的行業經驗，這會扯我后腿嗎？您對如何跳槽有何建議？——新年，新事業 ????親愛的 NYNC：沒錯，醫療保健和高科技行業目前都非常繁榮，意味著來年他們會招聘大量員工。根據招聘網站 ExecuNet最近的調查，還有三個正在大量招聘的熱門行業，分別是生命科學（包括制藥和生物科技），制造業，還有能源和公共事業公司。 ????此外，雖然當前就業市場充滿不確定，但跨行跳槽也完全有可能實現。人才開發和再就業咨詢機構睿仕管理顧問公司（Right Management）報告稱，2012年前九個月中找到工作的失業者中，有略超過40%的人從事與失業前不同的行業。自2010年至今，這項數據一直沒有出現大幅變動。 ????即便如此，每天都要處理海量求職信的人事經理還是會經常找理由剔除部分應聘者，而缺乏行業經驗可能會使你在進入面試階段之前就失去競爭機會——除非你在推銷自己時多花點心思。“多數人都能很輕而易舉地把一個行業的技能轉換應用到另一個行業，”安?法斯蒂奇說。“但如何清楚詳盡地向你未來的老板闡明為什么他們要考慮雇用你，就得看你自己了。你必須引導他們發現你自己的才能。” ????法斯蒂奇是紐約獵頭公司赫伯特礦業協會（Herbert Mines Associates）的總經理，經常運作高級管理人員的跨行業跳槽。比如法斯蒂奇曾經招募前庫爾斯釀酒公司（Coors Brewing Co.）董事長兼首席運營官弗里茨?帕岑（Frits Paaschen），擔任喜達屋酒店及度假村集團（Starwood Hotels and Resorts）的首席執行官。 ????法斯蒂奇認為：“電子商務行業的技能和經驗在其他行業會很有用。”所以你其實還頗有優勢，聽到這一點你會頗受鼓舞吧。另外，她還為你的職業變動給出了以下五條建議： ????1.想清楚為什么想換行。“通常人們認為自己想在職業上做些重大改變是因為目前的工作存在問題，但這些問題可能在一兩年內就會好轉。比如說，如果你對上司不滿，你大可選擇等他走人（同時寄希望于下任上司比現任的強），因為多項調查顯示，企業高管平均每兩年就會調動一次。 ????另一方面，如果你真的認為你在這家公司已經不會有發展，而在其他行業看到了自己感興趣的挑戰，認為在那里你才能真正創造價值，那準備好深入闡述這些問題——這也是第2點要談到的。 |
????Dear Annie: I've been in my current job as an e-commerce manager since 2006, and lately I've been growing more and more unhappy with it. For one thing, I don't like the boss who took over my division last year. For another, growth in my industry has stagnated in recent years and doesn't seem likely to pick up again anytime soon, so, although I've accomplished a lot here, it feels a little like polishing the decks on the Titanic. ????I'd like to look for work in a different business -- maybe health care or high tech, since I keep hearing they're the hottest fields now. But will my lack of industry-specific experience hold me back? Do you have any suggestions on how to make this kind of move? — New Year, New Career ????Dear NYNC: You're right, health care and high tech are booming, which means they'll be doing the most hiring in the year ahead. Three other hotbeds of hiring now, according to a recent survey of recruiters by career network ExecuNet, are life sciences (including pharmaceuticals and biotech), manufacturing, and energy and utility companies. ????What's more, even in this iffy job market, it's clearly possible to jump from one industry to another. Slightly more than 40% of laid off employees who found new jobs in the first nine months of 2012 now work in industries different from the ones where they lost their jobs, reports talent development and outplacement firm Right Management. That statistic has barely budged since 2010. ????Even so, hiring managers struggling with floods of applications are often looking for reasons to rule out candidates, and lack of industry experience can knock you out of the running before the interview stage -- unless you put some extra effort into selling yourself. "Most people do have skills that can transfer fairly easily from one industry to another," says Ann Fastiggi. "But it's up to you to clearly spell out to prospective employers why they should consider hiring you. You have to lead them to water." ????Fastiggi, a managing director of New York City-based headhunters Herbert Mines Associates, has frequently steered senior managers across industry lines. One example: Fastiggi recruited Frits Paaschen, current CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts (HOT), from his old job as president and COO of Coors Brewing Co. ????You may be encouraged to hear that you have a bit of a head start since, according to Fastiggi, "e-commerce skills and experience tend to travel well." Beyond that, she offers these five suggestions for making your move: ????1. Think hard about why you want to change industries. "Often people think they want to make a big career change because of a problem in their current job that could get better in a year or two," Fastiggi observes. Take your feelings about your boss, for instance. Since plenty of research shows that senior managers change positions every two years, on average, one option would be to simply wait it out (and hope your next boss will be an improvement from your current one). ????If, on the other hand, you truly believe you've done everything you can at this company, and you see challenges in another industry that interest you, and where you think you could add real value, be prepared to discuss those in detail -- which brings us to step No. 2. |
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