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35岁的我拥有MBA文凭,该如何寻求职业改变?

时间:2016-08-09 18:14 作者: 来源: 人气:

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问题:我从事外贸已经有十年了,也有管理销售团队的经验。试过创业但是失败了。我MBA已经毕业,想换份跟金融或互联网有关的工作,但是困难重重。我三十五有余了。请给我一些职业发展的建议。

 

显然,一个人年龄越大,事业上作出重大改变的困难就越大,因为他已经在某个领域有了一定的专业技能和成就。你的领域就是外贸和销售。很多人会跟你一样,为了开拓新领域去攻读MBA。

 

至于你对金融和互联网的兴趣,我会先建议如果你想选择互联网,要确认自己是否有精力、热情和决心,因为互联网是竞争最激烈、要求最高也最具挑战性的行业。成败的关键在于你适不适合这一行。互联网行业不断更新、增长迅速、富于挑战、态势良好,但是竞争激烈、风险大,许多人加入不是因为在求职或是转行,而是真的有参与的兴趣。你是这类人吗?

 

至于金融,在事业后期想转到这一行真的很难。想想你的竞争者,主要是毕业之后就从事金融、有十年以上经验的人。几门MBA课程相比之下如何?实际一点说,我认为在金融方面你很难有好的机会。

 

如果你决意要作出很大的改变,第一件事是调整期望值和目标公司的类型。具体说来,公司越大,越出名,好的职位会有很多申请者,竞争也就越激烈。你最好是选择一些规模更小、阶段更早的公司,这些公司在雇佣新人的时候会更开放、灵活。很多公司会对你的成熟和经验表示欢迎,并提供你感兴趣、对经验要求不高的工作机会。

 

总的来说,你要灵活变通,讲求实际,坚定不移地寻求改变。事业到了这个阶段,你应该已经有足够的理智和经验,知道如何审时度势、如何成功。希望你心想事成,祝好运。


Daily Q&A:I did foreign trade for 10 years managing sales team. I also started a business, but failed. I got an MBA recently and want to change to a  job related to Finance or Internet, but it’s difficult, since I’m over 35 now. Can I get some career development advice?

 

Clearly, the older you are, the more difficult it is to make a big career change, since you’ve developed a certain level of expertise and success in something. For you, that’s foreign trade and sales. And like you, many people also get an MBA to explore new career options.

 

For your particular interests in finance and the internet, the first thing I’ll say is that if you’re going to pursue the Internet, then you should be sure you have the energy, passion, and commitment to do it. Because the internet is the most competitive, demanding and challenging industry out there. So the key to succeeding in it is whether such an industry is a good fit for you. Most people don’t go into the internet because they’re just looking for a job or different career option, but because they’re really interested and attracted to being part of a fast-past, fast-growth, highly challenging, high upside, but highly competitive and higher risk industry. Does this describe you?

 

Regarding finance, it’s quite difficult to get into finance later in your career. Just consider who you’ll be competing with, mainly, people who have 10+ years of finance experience starting from the time they graduated university. This is compared to the few MBA courses you’ve taken. So realistically, I believe it’s going to be very difficult to get a good opportunity in the finance function for you.

 

But if you’re set on making any kind of big career change, you need to first adjust your expectations, as well as the type of companies and opportunities you pursue. Specifically, the bigger and more well-known the company, the more competition there will be to get a good position in those platforms, since many people will apply for those positions. Your best chance is to identify and pursue opportunities in smaller or earlier stage companies that tend to be more open and flexible when it comes to hiring and taking on new talent like you. Many will welcome your maturity and experience, and give you an opportunity to do a job function you’re interested in, but have limited experience in.

 

Overall, you need to be flexible, realistic, and highly committed to pursue the change you seek. And at this point in your career, you should be mature and experienced enough to have a good idea of how to research and understand a situation and what it takes to be successful in it. Good luck and I hope you can achieve what you want.

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