Career Industry Switch

PepsiCo / Sales
B20

Go to company page PepsiCo Sales

 B20
Mar 15, 2021 15 Comments

Need advice switching industries. I'm currently 26 and I have a resume that's a bit all over the place. I have 3 years of sales management experience in the CPG industry and a year of financial consulting experience. I have a side business selling t-shirts and through that I've learned that I really enjoy marketing and e-commerce and would like to switch into something having to do with these full-time. Seeing as I don't have any other experience with marketing or e-commerce outside of my side hustle, what can I do to gain the necessary experience needed to get a job in one of these industries?#e-commerce #marketing #careerchange

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  • Adobe / Strategy
    Clients1st

    Go to company page Adobe Strategy

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     Clients1st
    PM me. How successful is your Tshirt site? You should be able to spin that into the ECommerce experience needed to get your foot in the door somewhere.
    Mar 15, 2021 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    fransisk11

    Go to company page Amazon Eng

     fransisk11
    You didn’t ask but if you want to switch to software engineering, it’s possible via bootcamp. Which bootcamp to go to does require research.
    Mar 15, 2021 2
  • Hey, take it easy...

    Your business is good and fun, and growing, spend some time to grow it well... Don't jump ship just yet. Consider the following:

    Switch to a role within Pepsi - somewhere around Product Marketing or product Management.
    Learn from big orgs how they build, grow and scale their products.

    Take the growth product manager course on UDACITY, it's about 100 usd for a few more hours (but u need to finish them in 4 weeks) or you pay the amount monthly...

    Immerse yourself in marketing strategy, sales, digital ads and go to market (GTM) skills either online or leveraging your employer trainings...

    Learn ecom to the best - you already have offers for guidance in the thread...

    Come back at 30 and see how well your career would have accelerated, and also your business with the new businesses/products lines you would start would have grown.

    If you last for that long, then you're really sure the business is worth it, and also you woukd have had product, marketing, sales, digital strategy experience

    You can also transit to a faang or similar within the period.

    It would also do you some good to earn while you learn these new skills. In addition, your current earnings can easily be used to grow the t-shirt business...

    Entrepreneurship is not as glamorous as it looks from outside.

    An entrepreneur with hands on skills + corporate experience will do better because he knows budgeting, structure, a good network amongst many other things...

    I'm available for DM and guidance...
    Mar 16, 2021 2
  • Google
    LindyMan

    Go to company page Google

    LindyMan
    You might be a good candidate for ad sales at FAANG; it mixes consulting/selling to eCom marketers. I did Pepsi to Google.
    Mar 15, 2021 2
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      tomat0e

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      tomat0e
      This. Digital advertising is experiencing crazy growth. Lots of ad sales jobs at FAANG and other top tech companies. Prep well for the interviews and reach out to recruiters via LinkedIn.
      Mar 16, 2021
    • PepsiCo / Sales
      B20

      Go to company page PepsiCo Sales

       B20
      OP
      Thank you for the suggestion! I hadn't considered ad sales before but that does sound like something I may be interested in that fits my background. Any suggestions on how to research those jobs/prepare for those interviews?
      Mar 16, 2021
  • Is your tshirt business merch by Amazon? DM me, I've been in eCommerce for awhile now
    Mar 15, 2021 0