Job seekers are always second guessing their level of experience and often wonder if it's good enough to get them hired for the job they want.
Last week I was working with one of my Accelerate students, James. He's looking to get hired in a management role, but he's a little light on the experience side and he asked how he could overcome the question he's expecting to get in his next job interview,
"You may not have enough experience for this job."
We've all heard that before, right?
Here's what I told him:
Not having enough experience is just an objection. And you need to overcome that objection. You do this by demonstrating transferable skills. Transferable skills are skills that you already have that crossover into a different skill set.
It's kind of like saying, "Since I used to do [blank] in my last job, here is how I can do [blank] for you in this job.
You need to connect the dots for them and show them why you are qualified.
Since you are light on management experience, maybe in your last job, you managed a small project with just a couple of people. Maybe you weren't even the manager, maybe you were just a team leader, or maybe you were just a regular employee who took on the added responsibility of managing a small project.
It might be something so small that it's not even worth mentioning, but experience is experience.
So in a case like this you would want to talk about the management experience you do have. You don't have to share all the details of the project, just the key points that demonstrate your management skills.
You want to give them examples that show you were able to guide and lead your team to a successful completion of a project. And a team could be two or more people.
The more examples you have, the better your chances are of overcoming their objections.
Last week I was working with one of my Accelerate students, James. He's looking to get hired in a management role, but he's a little light on the experience side and he asked how he could overcome the question he's expecting to get in his next job interview,
"You may not have enough experience for this job."
We've all heard that before, right?
Here's what I told him:
Not having enough experience is just an objection. And you need to overcome that objection. You do this by demonstrating transferable skills. Transferable skills are skills that you already have that crossover into a different skill set.
It's kind of like saying, "Since I used to do [blank] in my last job, here is how I can do [blank] for you in this job.
You need to connect the dots for them and show them why you are qualified.
Since you are light on management experience, maybe in your last job, you managed a small project with just a couple of people. Maybe you weren't even the manager, maybe you were just a team leader, or maybe you were just a regular employee who took on the added responsibility of managing a small project.
It might be something so small that it's not even worth mentioning, but experience is experience.
So in a case like this you would want to talk about the management experience you do have. You don't have to share all the details of the project, just the key points that demonstrate your management skills.
You want to give them examples that show you were able to guide and lead your team to a successful completion of a project. And a team could be two or more people.
The more examples you have, the better your chances are of overcoming their objections.
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