How do you change your career from another industry to the Internet?

In advance, I write this because my friends ask this question too much. I don't have much experience in changing careers (I've been working on Internet products since graduation, and now I'm in DDT), so I looked for friends around me who have experience in changing careers and are doing well and asked them one by one, and then finally summarized some of the common problems that may be encountered in the process of changing careers, as well as some effective solutions.

It is to write to the friends who have similar problems, to do an information input and reference.

There is no advertising (I'm a fan and read no one is looking for me), and I don't recommend any messy online courses and knowledge payment, so those who need it will find it themselves. In order to write this I spent a month, asked me around all I can find from other industries into the Internet friends, including my young and talented single boss (here is a piece of advertising, hit the face).

The following is the text:

Case 1: University classmate A, graduated four years, after graduation has been engaged in the education and training industry, and now in a first-tier city education and training institutions as a trainer. Two years ago, I began to talk to me about changing careers, but have not made up my mind. Even want to go back to school to read a master's degree, and then re-enter the profession as a freshman.

Case 2: University classmate B, graduated one year, is currently in a niche area of the country's top 1 consulting organization as a consultant, the work is free and decent, nine to five, never overtime. But because too early encountered career ceiling and want to change the line, asked a variety of friends from all walks of life, after consulting a variety of seniors, the preferred industry or the Internet.

As well as many other friends, basically one year after graduation, in other industries, and encountered a variety of problems.

So they all came to me for the same question: how to switch from other industries to the Internet?

But before we get into the specifics of how to do it, let me mention that the Internet industry is not a perfect option. The Internet is not necessarily free of the problems that other professions have. For example, the work of the primary position is trivial, no sense of achievement; and colleagues do not get along with each other, etc. So, you still have to figure out what you really want to do. So, you still have to figure out what you really want, and whether the Internet can actually give you.

The latter, we will default to everyone think clearly, let's see exactly how to do.

First of all, we roughly guess why everyone wants to turn to the Internet, but the same salary is very high, the development of finance is also very good, but not much mention.

The probability is because the threshold is low? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty. The first thing you need to know is that you can't do anything about it, and you can't do anything about it.

Internet jobs are very new, there is no strict entry standards, such as doctors at least require a medical specialty, finance may be very high requirements for graduation school, but the feeling of the Internet jobs - no requirements, anyone can enter.

Especially some of the more photographed positions, products, operations and so on.

But had to splash a pot of cold water here, with the development of the industry, and the refinement of the segmentation function & specialization requirements, now the requirements of the product and operation has become more and more clear, after all, the enterprise recruiting is to work, then if you clearly know what to do live, surely will choose the most suitable person, and the more is the factory, the more this requirement is clear, the following is the headlines for today's

Still explain, the Internet is a very broad concept, now basically all walks of life can be added to the "Internet", such as Internet finance, Internet health care, Internet recruitment, so the choice of "Internet" industry this statement is not accurate. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal on your own.

For those who don't have the relevant experience, how do you change your career? I'll give you two examples of successes you'll understand, and I'm talking about the general state of affairs here, what industry gods, industry bigwigs are not in my circle of friends.

My friend X, who graduated from college, did policy consulting, that is, consulting for local development to do industrial planning. After working for a few years, he decided to switch to the Internet. The first job is to do government relations work for a star Internet startup in the local area (a first-tier city that is not located in the north, south or east of Guangzhou), because he is more familiar with the government's policies, and he can help the enterprise to get some policy concessions and subsidies. I'd like to take this as a knock on the door to get into the industry, and my next job is to do product work at 58 Tongcheng (a quasi first-tier Internet company).

My friend Y, who started out as a real estate marketing planner, has been doing this for a few years now and feels that the work is not what he really wants to do. Then think about changing things, after a friend's introduction to a local real estate field of new media companies to do content operation, he would have been on the real estate industry, the door clearer, but also from the previous industry contacts to get some relatively insider news, so do this is also handy, is now a new media startup company's head of operations.

Or this sentence, the enterprise recruiting is to find the right person to do the right thing, and the right dimension is two: industry background and job position.

So, the first suggestion is: don't waste your career accumulation, choose the right industry or the right position, the success rate is higher, such as doing consulting in a consulting company to the Internet company to do consulting, and marketing strategy in a real estate company to a real estate new media company to do content operation.

It is very intuitive that a step by step to reach the goal than a step is to be a high success rate. To give a negative example:

"Advertising industry marketing planning" to "Internet medical company data analysis", direct naked resignation and then sea casting resume, the biggest possibility is that the resume can not pass.

When you have chosen your favorite industry and position, then the next thing to do is to write a resume, cast a resume, interview.

This part, if you expand to write, you can write a separate series (I'm still writing, the old procrastination...).

This part can be written in a separate series if it is expanded (I'm still working on it...), so let's just talk about the problems we may encounter in this scenario:

1.

One sentence summarizes: go to find the position you want to submit, and then to their own work experience one by one to write.

Or take today's headline operation as an example:

If you previously do traditional media editorial work, then according to the job description of the first "1, 2", at least you can write (just give an example, I'm not a resume god):

Of course, if only traditional media editorial work to vote for this position is a bit difficult.

Of course, if only the traditional media to vote for this position is a little difficult, because the job requirements and the requirements of data analysis skills, but at least the other side of a glance over the past will feel that at least part of the person's experience and ability to be more appropriate.

2. Don't know where to put your resume?

Internet companies resume delivery site:

a. boss direct employment, Lahou network (enough, you can basically find all the companies looking for people)

b. If you know a product or company, Baidu official website, there are generally recruiting channels (and the above channel cast there is no difference)

c. Inward push, if you know a company employee who wants to submit the company. You know the employees of the company you want to send, internal recommendation channels can improve the probability of passing the resume, and if the relationship is good, the other side can also help you change your resume.

3. What if I don't get any interview invitations after I've submitted my resume?

First find a reliable Internet company friends to help you look at the resume there is no problem, there is more than one year of experience in the people can judge, really can not find, find me also line.

Look at the companies and positions you voted for and whether your experience matches, this can be judged by yourself.

If you find a very poor match, and your industry & experience is really very unsuitable for the Internet, then we have to find another way.

4. The industry & experience is very unsuitable for the Internet, but really want to change careers?

I'm still a successful example, we can refer to ourselves, this is really and personal ability, effort, luck are related, can not be generalized.

My friend M, who majored in mechanical engineering at a specialized college and did half a year of work related to his profession after graduation, especially wants to switch to the Internet and is very eager to make products. Normal people see, this is basically no solution. But he spent half a year, every day to see the Internet-related articles, 36kr ah, Tiger Sniff ah, all kinds of information he can get to read seriously, seriously see. Then participate in a variety of product training courses, participate in a variety of Internet-related activities, lectures, sharing. In the process of recognizing some friends in the industry, there is a classical Internet company (that is, the last century of the Internet company) products, the back through the friends recommended, responsible for the products of the boss after the face really think that the young man is good, will directly let the job. Now dry 5 years, in a large factory to do products.

We have just been talking about the enterprise to find people's judgment standards, in fact, just all of the above is "experience", but in the absence of "experience", we need to find another way to prove their "ability to". ". Enterprises as a recruiter through the resume and interview to check a person's ability, often very rare, so there will be a variety of so-called screening criteria, in fact, is to maximize the election of "and experience", "and ability" of the candidate.

But if you have a way to prove your ability, whether it's a "friend's endorsement", an "award certificate", or whatever, but this way is very personalized, so I'm just giving you a possible way to think about it.

In the end, I wish you all the best in finding your ideal path and making your career an important part of your happiness.