Any chance getting a job in Sales/Marketing as a non-native English speaker?
Hi folks, I am currently working in sales team outside USA. I have plans to move to the US with my spouse who works in Tech. I have 10 years of sales/marketing experience and have been in top tier group for high performance consistently. As you can notice, I am not a native English speaker. Is there any chance I can find a job in Sales/Marketing in the US? I have plan to study at a business school (MBA) before starting my job search. Thank you in advance!
Amax.com is hiring in the bay area
I am going to seattle area. Thank you anyway!
Depends, how is your accent and ability to pick up cultural cues? Some people I can’t understand in which case you’d be limited to people who find that accent normal. Others have just enough accent that I can tell the didn’t grow up here, but it’s not an issue at all communicating. In that case I see no issue.
Eh, you get used to the way someone talks if you actually try to understand them. My colleagues in scotland & singapore were the hardest to understand at first, but after a month or so I was fine.
Sales can be pretty heavily based on first impressions from the customers’ side. If they have a hard time with you, you don’t get a month. Past sourcing positions I worked in we refused to work with overseas suppliers that were really hard to understand in calls, and it wasn’t just me.
Depends on what kind of sales/marketing skills you have... many people have done it. But judging by the fact that you are asking this on blind, I’d assume it’d be a pretty junior role. MBA isn’t going to help you.
I have more than 10 years of work experience. I am more like for a manager role in my home country. However, I understand that I need to start it from the entry level. I can think of it from the employer perspective!
You could start at a lower level and get promoted faster. But business English will be really important in non-tech FAANG roles for promotion etc. because for non-tech, it’s harder to measure and show impact, so I’ve seen that people who are outspoken tend to get favored even though their work isn’t great. I’m a non-native speaker too, and Jewish women with successful dads dominate in my team, from my experience. Because I suspect that they are good at playing politics and speaking well from their upbringing.
Absolutely - especially working for a global company. With 10YOE you may not even need to be creating content and instead be in a manager/strategy role.
I have a valid work visa in US so no worry about the visa stuff.