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Too ambitios for my own good?? |
| Message Name: |
Are you the right 'fit' |
| Date Posted: |
10/11/2006 |
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I've been on several interviews lately for an entry-level marketing position. I hope to gain some ground in a research capacity and move up into project management. Here's the rub. The jobs I've interviewed with have almost all told me that I have very commendable skills and a strong background, I??m not the right ??fit?? for the job. Granted, I don??t have much experience in this field, as I really am looking for a career change to coincide with my recent Marketing undergrad.
To compensate for that gap, I emphasize my short learning curve, my ingenuity with solving problems, my driven nature, and my maturity in the working world with building teams and demonstrating leadership. Do you think I??m overdoing the emphasis on aptitude and character? I??m beginning to think that recruiters are looking more for a ??ready-made?? employee so they don??t have to work too hard or take any risk with training for the job. Have any of you changed careers and overcome the lack of experience setback? If so, how did you do it?
I am getting great offers for sales jobs. Maybe, despite myself I am destined for sales (the money isn??t too bad, anyway). Do you think I should just ??settle?? for sales and hope that I can move up into a marketing capacity later on, or is sales the sort of career that you??re stuck in for decades and decades? Maybe it??s the state I live in ?? marketing jobs are tough to come by and are generally reserved for the employees who lasted the longest.
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Saw you article and realised I'm going through the same phenomenon. I have a finance/ relationship management background globally, and want to break into business dev, having also supplemented my work with tonnes of non profits strategy and resource creation etc. I'm told at most places that I'm not the right fit and they found someone who's closer to the role then me. So I think the problem is within ourselves - overselling. My mentors have advised me to stick strictly to the needs of the job (coz HR and most hiring managers have blinders called responsibility and self preservation). Its against our conscience to not talk about leadership and creativity etc..I understand that. I have learnt the hard way and toned down and focussing on what the other person needs to hear, not what you have to say.
Hope this helps.
Suds
sudarshanj@rogers.com
Toronto, Canada
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