Consultants at BRecruit recommend you to reevaluate your career from the following two aspects:
Present an example.
A candidate was a senior engineer who developed driving assistant function in automotive industry. He was good in skills but lack of management experience. He had strong motivation to develop his management ability, but still failed to find proper opportunities in company. So he looked for new jobs outside. That’s not easy as we discussed before, until he contacted our consultants.
The BRecruit consultant suggested him directly that he can take managing roles but he needed to clearly express his strong determination to developing management ability in the interview, rather than pursue higher position or salary in a short time. The candidate agreed.
Based on a thorough understanding of the whole industry, the consultant recommended him a position of senior engineer. Though same in level, this position required candidates to lead a small team to develop a new product.
The candidate successfully took the offer and performed strongly. Soon he’s promoted as director ang his salary was increased.
Thus, when you are not qualified in some rigid requirements, why not change another way of thinking? Sometimes step back and you will find a wider place with more possibility.
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Get out of your comfort zone and try new challenges
From a general aspect, it’s a dangerous signal if an excellent employee who are willing to take management responsibility failed to find good chances inside the company:
Is the company/industry you have worked in declining?
We have suggested you a way to switch jobs to another company in the previous part, but what can we do if the whole industry is not booming as before?
As long as your industry is not going to perish, you can definitely find a promising field related to your previous work. What you need is to enter a new field which is close to your expertise and you are interested in.
Let us see another example.
The candidate had worked in a telecom company for many years and his main responsibility was signal testing. Now he’s a little anxious for he hadn’t learned anything new in those years.
BRecruit consultant suggested him to try in automotive industry. Maybe he couldn’t do management work at beginning, but there’re plenty of opportunities in the industry. Though with some concerns, the candidate accepted consultant’s suggestion and worked in an automotive company.
Within one year, the candidate was promoted from tester to team leader and the salary was increased accordingly. In the latest conversation, he told the consultant “Now more recruitment consultants contacted me; the jobs they provided are all in management level which I dreamed before and the pay is much higher…”
People always say it’s not easy to walk in a single-plank bridge. Why, then, don’t we choose another way to go?
Conclusion
As one of the important work skills, management ability is definitely worth pursuing. If you think that’s what you need, be brave and try to get it. At that time, strategy is much important.
Don’t dream to accomplish your goal at one stroke; look further and focus on if one opportunity is good enough. The key is how to distinguish good and proper one for yourself. If you are confused, welcome to contact BRecruit consultants!
