{"id":13469,"date":"2017-09-07T02:09:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T02:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=13469"},"modified":"2022-10-19T03:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T03:57:09","slug":"career-crossroads-how-to-jump-industries-like-these-3-success-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/career-crossroads-how-to-jump-industries-like-these-3-success-stories","title":{"rendered":"Career Crossroads: How to Jump Industries Like These 3 Success Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Switching industries is all about the fine art of jumping. After all, moving to a completely different field \u2013 unrelated to what you&#8217;re doing, plus you&#8217;re\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/apply-dream-company-no-job-openings\/?utm_source=b2c-blog&amp;utm_medium=in-text&amp;utm_campaign=blog-cta&amp;utm_content=no-openings-090117&amp;ref=b2c-blog_free_blog-cta_no-openings-090117\">not even sure if they have openings<\/a> \u2013 really will feel like going headfirst into the unknown.<\/p>\n<p>And while it can be risky, having a career in the field you really want could be worth it \u2013 as long as you know how to play your cards right.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook), John Legend (Grammy-award-winning artist) and Angela Taylor (a former HR manager, now a computer engineer at Google) managed their jumps.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_26 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TOPICS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/career-crossroads-how-to-jump-industries-like-these-3-success-stories\/#SHERYL_SANDBERG\" title=\"SHERYL SANDBERG\">SHERYL SANDBERG<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/career-crossroads-how-to-jump-industries-like-these-3-success-stories\/#JOHN_LEGEND\" title=\"JOHN LEGEND\">JOHN LEGEND<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/career-crossroads-how-to-jump-industries-like-these-3-success-stories\/#ANGELA_TAYLOR\" title=\"ANGELA TAYLOR\">ANGELA TAYLOR<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SHERYL_SANDBERG\"><\/span>SHERYL SANDBERG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13474\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sherly-sanberg-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"sherly-sanberg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sherly-sanberg-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sherly-sanberg-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sherly-sanberg.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sheryl Sandberg graduated with an undergrad degree in economics and a master\u2019s degree in business from Harvard. She then worked for the World Bank as their chief economist, then moved on to be the deputy Treasury Secretary\u2019s Chief of Staff. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even while in government, Sandberg saw the tech boom well on its way in the early 2000s. With this in mind, she decided to move to Silicon Valley and build her new career there. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After resonating with Google&#8217;s mission of \u201cmaking the world\u2019s information freely available\u201d, she went on to join them 3 years into their inception. After 8 years cementing her reputation as the pioneer in building Google\u2019s AdSales team and revenue, she moved on to become Facebook\u2019s global COO.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>What You Can Learn<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if you\u2019re in a completely different industry, you should still give your target industry a shot \u2013 as long as you see potential <em>and<\/em>\u00a0even with no relevant experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Sandberg learned <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/sheryl-sandberg-hiring-lesson-from-meg-whitman-2017-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">while interviewing with Meg Whitman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (then the CEO of eBay), it\u2019s better to hire for skills instead of relevant experience. This was especially true during the dot-com boom, since there were completely new jobs that had never been done before. While this applies as a recruiter, she also made sure it applied to her as an applicant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re planning to jump industries, be confident enough like Sandberg (whose background was economics and government) to get hired based on your transferrable skills, not necessarily on your experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"JOHN_LEGEND\"><\/span><strong>JOHN LEGEND<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13472\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/john-legend-300x240.jpeg\" alt=\"john-legend\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/john-legend-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/john-legend-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/john-legend.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born John Stephens in Ohio, John Legend went on to take his undergrad degree in the University of Pennsylvania. Although a music prodigy growing up \u2013 playing the piano early, directing a college <em>a capella<\/em> group \u2013 he decided to pursue a career in consulting with the Boston Consulting Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While at his day job, Legend still pursued his love of music. He would work the New York nightclub circuit after work, performing in many bars. At one point, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/1593317\/john-legend-reflects-on-his-early-days-when-kanye-west-was-opening-for-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kanye West even opened for him<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> when the former was trying to shift gears from producer to rapper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When his debut album, <em>Get Lifted<\/em>, released in 2004, Legend went on to win 3 grammy awards in his breakthrough effort. Five Grammys later, he\u2019s now the established artist we know today.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>What You Can Learn<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Legend knew he wanted to pursue a career in music for the long run. But he knew how risky it could be \u2013 which is why he kept his day job. (And he&#8217;s not the only one \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/advice\/2016\/04\/6-lessons-from-filipino-musicians-with-day-jobs\/?utm_source=b2c-blog&amp;utm_medium=in-text&amp;utm_campaign=blog-cta&amp;utm_content=musicians-dayjobs-090117&amp;ref=b2c-blog_free_blog-cta_musicians-dayjobs-090117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even local musicians in the Philippine industry<\/a> do the same.) While consistently getting his work out there, Legend kept this consultancy gig until he felt sure enough to take the leap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The takeaway? If you want to make it another industry, hedge your risk by keeping something stable first \u2013 like your current job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2016\/02\/take-a-big-risk-by-keeping-your-day-job.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Adam Grant highlighted in his book Originals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cwhen we embrace danger in one domain, we offset our overall level of risk by exercising caution in another domain.\u201d In other words, manage your transition cautiously by playing it safe in one area in your life while taking a risk in another: your odds of success will thank you for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ANGELA_TAYLOR\"><\/span><strong>ANGELA TAYLOR<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13470\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angela-taylor-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angela-taylor-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angela-taylor.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taylor <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-success-story-diversity-angela-taylor-leapt-from-hr-person-to-google-engineer-2017-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has been making the news rounds recently<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: not only is she one of the few African-American female engineers in Google (an achievement in its own right), but she\u2019s known for how she got to be one without the conventional career track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After graduating with a comms degree, Taylor landed a coveted internship with Google. This became her springboard to work with them full-time in 2012. Since there were no relevant openings, she decided to work in HR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While there, a project came up when the team needed help with a spreadsheet: she volunteered to do it, learned Visual Basic on a flight, and was hooked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From then on, she took free programming courses online, used her 20% time in the company to work on coding projects for both HR and engineering, enrolled in community college courses, and was eventually invited to join the engineering team full-time, 6 years later.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>What You Can Learn<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First off, Taylor is proof that you don\u2019t have to start out having &#8220;the usual&#8221; qualifications in order to land your dream role. Secondly, if you\u2019re interested in another field, see if you can find a role within your company first that falls under that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After all, your goal is to land a job that will provide the relevant experiences. It works to your advantage to grab lowest hanging fruit. Easiest wins can get your momentum going \u2013 and if you apply for the role in a company that already knows your reputation, this can be your transition to shift industries successfully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of the day, jumping industries boils down to how much you really want it. If you\u2019re willing to land well in a totally different field, it\u2019s all about being smart about your next moves. 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