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This podcast comes from a post Career Elevation's Facebook page “Do you have any questions about changing careers? I’d love to answer your question in my next podcast! “
A comment popped up by Stephanie She asks “How do you get someone, or a company for that matter, to take a chance on you when you have no experience other than clinical?” Great question! Stephanie is a dental hygienist, and I previously was in the dental field, so I won’t use as much dental lingo and so l can broaden this topic and make it more applicable to everyone, yet still answering her question.
Here's the thing, nobody can tell you that you don’t have experience. Now is your time to open your eyes and see what you really can do, once you’re not scared anymore.
Ok hear me out, if you’ve been a dental hygienist and you want to get into sales, selling products to dental hygienists, how do you not have experience? You know the lingo, you know the people, you know how to connect, you already sell to your patients. You sell them on why it’s important to brush and floss, you sell them on why they need that crown, you sell them on why they need this deeper cleaning. You’re already halfway there baby! This isn’t a huge career shift, this is a pivot.
Once you stop seeing this as “I’ve always been a hygienist, this is all I know” To realizing “I’ve been doing this the whole time, but this time, I’m just taking a jump to the right.”
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It’s never too late
Make your resume bomb, like you! Then make a review letter that highlights what you’ve been up to, what you’ve learned and bring it to your interview. I’ve got how to create a review letter in my course “Career Upgrade” as well.
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Sell yourself, create an elevator pitch, show them why you deserve this position, and why they won’t regret this decision. Start reading books by Brian Tracy, he’s got 55 of them. My favorites that could apply to Stephanie and to anyone else is
Close that Sale
Eat that frog
Negotiation
Goals
Sales management
You can listen or read these on a free app called Hoopla or online at www.hoopladigital.com
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Meet me back here next Monday morning. Next weeks topic is “Help, I’m totally lost but I know this isn’t where I want to be” This is for those of you who know you’re not in the right place at work, but you seriously don’t know where to go from here! Until I see you in my inbox, or next Monday, make today fantastic!
