Swerve! A Career-Pivot Story: From Comms to Data
A fun, dynamic, and insightful story about changing careers from the business to the technical side. Attendees will walk away with actionable learnings to support them in their own career growth,
In today’s fast moving world and a future that promises to move even faster, career pivots have become a regular part of life. Whether a person is hunting for higher salaries, more room for growth, new challenges, or simply work that brings a baseline level of joy, there are many reasons to pursue a career pivot. Regardless of the motivation, most (perhaps all?) career pivots are a mixed bag of surprises.
In this session we will aim to remove stigma from the topic while using personal stories to have a well-rounded discussion anchored around today’s super competitive, global, and cloudy job market.
Tangible advice and protips on:
Having a strategic, intentional approach to executing a career pivot
Generating opportunities to support the intended career goal
Staying resilient and focused during challenging, uncertain, and disappointing times
Additionally, the session will blend storytelling and data by including specific data points from the speaker’s own career journey on topics like salary and organizational size.