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Tactic #1: Choose your Industry Wisely
The industry you choose to work in is as important as the job you choose. Agraduate may leave college or university wanting to be an accountant or anlayer or sales executive, but an accountant in the advertising field is often seenas an accountant with advertising industry experience and would not always findit as easy to transition to another industry with the same job title, whereas amedia account manager is different to an account manager in the financeindustry.Many companies do offer flexibility in this area if they are finding it difficult to filla position, but you can make your job-hunt a lot easier if you are aware of thelink between the role and the industry your work in.
Tactic #2: Experience vs Money
It ‘s important to know when to go for experience, and when to go for money.One of the most profound pieces of advice that I have ever heard was by ayoung man called Alan who rose to a senior management role within a largemultinational company at the age of 27.His view was that a graduate should work for experience until the age of 30, andthen go for the money. You may be offered lots of money at 24, but will itprovide you with the correct experience to support your vision?The young man in question was a qualified accountant and looking to move onto his next role. He was offered two positions, one as a Chief Accountant in amedium-sized company paying a huge sum of money for someone his age, andone as a Financial Accountant in a large utilities company paying almost half of what the Chief Accountant position would have paid.He chose the Financial Accountant role in the large utilities company anddeveloped his skills to such an extent, that he was promoted to a Head Of department role, within the organization within a period of 2 years. Hedeveloped his experience, knowing that the experience he gained would givehim a stronger selling position in his career in the future. He worked for hisexperience knowing that in time, bigger financial rewards would follow if hestrengthened his resume with solid experience.Go for the money if the role has prospects for you, your brand and yourstrategy, otherwise work for experience and wait for the next offer. This is veryoften hard when you are young and the dollar signs are hanging in front of you,but never forget that you have a plan. You must build your experience around a
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