Comments on: Q: How can I change careers without taking a pay cut? A: HAHAHA! http://youngandemployed.com/2009/09/15/q-how-can-i-change-careers-without-taking-a-pay-cut-a-hahaha/ Perspectives on business from young marketing and public relations professionals Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:33:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Switch careers before it is too late. | Money And Investing http://youngandemployed.com/2009/09/15/q-how-can-i-change-careers-without-taking-a-pay-cut-a-hahaha/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Switch careers before it is too late. | Money And Investing Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:01:07 +0000 http://youngandemployed.com/?p=175#comment-169 [...] Young and Employed  Related Posts:September 4, 2009 -- Those Jobs Will Never Come Back – New Ones Will (1)September 2, 2009 -- Would Yo Do It For Free? – Because You Will (1)August 31, 2009 -- If You are So Smart, Why Don’t You Take His Job? (0)August 20, 2009 -- A Door (0) [...] [...] Young and Employed  Related Posts:September 4, 2009 — Those Jobs Will Never Come Back – New Ones Will (1)September 2, 2009 — Would Yo Do It For Free? – Because You Will (1)August 31, 2009 — If You are So Smart, Why Don’t You Take His Job? (0)August 20, 2009 — A Door (0) [...]

]]> By: Jose http://youngandemployed.com/2009/09/15/q-how-can-i-change-careers-without-taking-a-pay-cut-a-hahaha/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Jose Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:28:22 +0000 http://youngandemployed.com/?p=175#comment-168 Change is difficult. And the bigger, more dramatic the change, the higher the chances of a temporary set-back. We have all had them, hopefully with long-term positive outcome. I see a probable way in which you can switch careers without taking a paycut: doing so on the same company where you work. Companies are reluctant to give raises to internal job-switchers. At the same time, they are reluctant to give pay-cuts to internal job-switchers. If you are highly valued by your peers and superiors, they will understand when you tell them that you love the company and love iteracting with them, but want to explore another career within the same company. (If you are not respected and needed, you are out of luck). I did transfered from engineering to sales/marketing, and then left on my own to technical services. Granted, it helps it was within the same industry. Doing a career switch is easy on two situations: 1) When you are employed, and do an internal transfer. 2) When you are unemployed - any career change, if successfull, pays more than what you are making now. Think laterally: The project manager wants to do customer service (or vice-versa). The operations (phone / building guy) who wants to do customer service (or vice-versa). The marketing guy who wants to do sales (or vice versa). The finance guy who wants to move into sales (or vice versa). The Human Resources who wants to do Customer Service. etc, etc, etc... Change is difficult. And the bigger, more dramatic the change, the higher the chances of a temporary set-back. We have all had them, hopefully with long-term positive outcome.

I see a probable way in which you can switch careers without taking a paycut: doing so on the same company where you work.

Companies are reluctant to give raises to internal job-switchers. At the same time, they are reluctant to give pay-cuts to internal job-switchers. If you are highly valued by your peers and superiors, they will understand when you tell them that you love the company and love iteracting with them, but want to explore another career within the same company. (If you are not respected and needed, you are out of luck). I did transfered from engineering to sales/marketing, and then left on my own to technical services. Granted, it helps it was within the same industry.

Doing a career switch is easy on two situations:
1) When you are employed, and do an internal transfer.
2) When you are unemployed – any career change, if successfull, pays more than what you are making now.

Think laterally:
The project manager wants to do customer service (or vice-versa).
The operations (phone / building guy) who wants to do customer service (or vice-versa).
The marketing guy who wants to do sales (or vice versa).
The finance guy who wants to move into sales (or vice versa).
The Human Resources who wants to do Customer Service.
etc, etc, etc…

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