Thursday, April 10 - "Is My Work History Too Complicated?"

Happy Thursday!

Here’s what’s on the job description for today:

1. New roles from a people-management company.

2. Today’s Question: “I have switched industry a number of times in the past 5 years. How do I explain that in an interview?”

IN HIRING

SHL

• Their clients use SHL to make data-driven decisions when it comes to talent acquisition and people management.

• With a range of seniorities and departments hiring, this is an interesting area for those with an interest in data analytics or the hiring environment.

• Here are a few of the most interesting roles available

  • Business Process Analyst - Click here for full details

  • Commercial Business Analyst - Click here for full details

  • Commercial Enablement Architect - Click here for full details

Click here for the company’s career page

TODAY’S QUESTION

Today’s Question: “I have switched industry a number of times in the past 5 years. How do I explain that in an interview?”

Recommendation: if you’re getting interviews, something must be going right. Here’s how I’d deal with this:

• First, make it sound logical that you’re interviewing for this particular position, company, and industry.

  • Find the common thread between your past experience whether it was a set of skills you’ve been working on, the type of product or department you’ve worked in, or whatever.

• Second, bring it up in your intro or early in the interview if you have been hearing it regularly as a question.

  • If you can bring it up, you get to choose the narrative and how it’s communicated.

• Finally, do research on the interviewer as you can sometimes show similarities.

  • Switching companies, industries, or departments is common.

  • If you can find out that the interviewer has done something similar, mention that when you bring it up and show why it’s a positive.

Conclusion:

With a bit of preparation and strategy, you get to control how this topic is brought up in interviews.