Any advice for how to make a successful career change ?

Ive worked in customer service /sales /call center jobs and would like to secure account rep/outside sales job ? Have no direct experience in that area...Any advice for how to make a successful career change ?
Get a copy of ';What Color Is Your Parachute'; by Bolles and read it, especially the chapter on career change where he talks about the need to assess if you are making an industry or role/skill/discipline change and to focus on one or the other but not both.



Next, gain an understanding of what companies in your target industry are looking for in their reps and identify and emphasize the skills you have developed in your history that are transferable. Transferable skills recognition, positioning and selling are critical when doing career transfers, especially when you have ';no direct experience';.



Finally, do an analysis of your network as the fastest way to the job you want is through personal referrals.



Paraclete PerformanceAny advice for how to make a successful career change ?
Confidence, bro, it's all just a game.

If you can sell, then you have a rare skill that most people don't have. I would aim higher, like ad sales for a radio station.

Dream big, aim high, move steadily forward.

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