Xu Yifeng, director of human resources in Greater China with 20 years' working experience in Procter & Gamble, resigned last year and joined an internet finance company. The family moved from Guangzhou to Beijing, and the salary was instantly discounted. Xu Yifeng said: "There will definitely be a gap. In the past, the means of transportation was a special car with a driver. Now there is no such treatment. " However, in order to gain more display space, he is willing to sacrifice his income. "When there is insufficient room for growth in a place, it doesn't matter how much salary you give." He told the interface journalist.
If you are confused when facing a career change, communicate with those who have also experienced the change. When preparing to leave the traditional industry, Xu Yifeng repeatedly communicated with colleagues who are also far away from Procter & Gamble, and then chose to join their entrepreneurial projects and start a new career in this unfamiliar Internet finance industry with his own human resources experience.
Everyone will encounter confusion during the transition period, such as "Why do you want to change your job status?" "What difficulties may be encountered and how to overcome them?" In general, everyone's confusion and hesitation are similar. Vicki Salemi also suggested that middle-aged people in transition should learn from other people's ideas to solve their own problems.
Salami, a consultant of Monster.com, a famous employment website, also suggested that people in their forties should pay attention to the image-building on the Internet: "Everyone in the workplace should have their own online files". So, TipNo 1, make full use of online platforms such as LinkedIn and Zhilian to establish your own brand image. Many times, a person's electronic resume will leave a first impression on the interviewer. At the same time, the social graph on the internet will also become an element to judge personal value, and people in their forties are usually more dominant than young people in this respect.
Middle-aged people are experienced in the workplace, and even if they make an independent personal website, it will not appear empty. Among the clients received in Salami, there are cases of setting up personal websites. Employers can understand a person's value through simple browsing, and job seekers are more likely to be recognized. "The network platform is an important voice channel. You know, in addition to those headhunters, even Google's hiring manager will search for candidate information. " Salimi said.
At the same time, there is also a piece of advice: show your accumulated professional skills at will, and some skills can still enhance your competitiveness even if you change industries. For example, if you are a technical talent, show your strength. Skills such as software development and digital programming are far more valuable than you think. This is a "kill" skill, which is suitable for all kinds of industries. Can help you add weight when you integrate into the industry.
Wang Weiwei, a famous designer in China, 16 fashion editor. When she started designing clothes at the age of 40, she retained the design taste and fashion control ability cultivated by VOGUE. Now the wedding dress she designed is as expensive as a famous car and is known as the "Queen of Wedding Dress".
Salami himself has undergone a transformation. "I think it's time to do something for those job seekers, so I quit my stable job according to my own wishes." At that time, she had a career of 15 years, recruiting and screening talents for the company in the human resources department. After that, she started her own business and set up a consulting agency, which is dedicated to finding orientation and career planning for job seekers.
Zhang Haofan, an expert in Internet consulting and human capital operation, also suggested that middle-aged career changers should not cut off their familiar professional abilities.
Zhang Haofan has 17 years of relevant experience in the workplace. He believes that the career path of middle-aged people is indeed narrower than that of young people. "In the forties, the occupational character, core competence and organizational structure of the workplace have basically taken shape, and it is really difficult to reopen a new field." Zhang Haofan told the interface journalist. However, since you are interested in transformation, you need to establish a positive and open mind, be brave in facing the uncertainty of career prospects, and see clearly your value to employers.
"I have seen many middle-aged professional managers act calmly, which is what employers value." Zhang Haofan said that there is no doubt that the Internet industry likes young job seekers because they have high-spirited energy, and usually they gather in the creative, R&D and marketing departments. At the same time, enterprises need a calm and rational way of thinking to balance, which creates opportunities for middle-aged professionals to find jobs. "Finance, human resources and other departments need such rational and calm people".
Linda Brimm, honorary professor of organizational behavior in Shi Ying International Business School, summed up the main points of career transformation of middle-aged people and finally put forward seven suggestions:
Give full consideration to all problems brought about by career adjustment; Sorting out problems, ranking them in order of importance, and reducing anxiety; Maintain confidence in your career adjustment; If you have any questions, you can consult someone you trust; Go forward bravely, encounter difficulties and uncompromising escape; Constantly examine what you have gained, not what you have lost.
The most important and core suggestion is to eliminate the rejection of "change" and welcome more possibilities.