The Art of the Pivot: Switching Industries Without Starting Over
- 10 hours ago
- 5 min read
How to move into a new field without throwing away your entire salary history.
By: Lauren Deats
The Love-Hate Career Relationship
Estimated Read: 16 Minutes
Topic: Switching Industries
Hey Bloomers!
Grab a stiff drink and your most versatile blazer. We are discussing the professional equivalent of an identity crisis: the Industry Pivot.
Welcome to the ultimate Love-Hate relationship. We love the thrill of a fresh start, the new challenges, and the dream of finally working in a field that doesn't make us want to fake our own disappearance. But we absolutely loathe the idea of being treated like a twenty-two-year-old intern again. We are talking about that specific brand of fear where you worry your decade of experience will be worth exactly zero dollars in a new vertical.
Most people think switching industries requires a total reset.
They assume they have to start at the bottom and work for peanuts just because they changed their "category." At Career Bloom Solutions, we know that is a lie. If you are being told you have to start over, it is because you haven't learned how to translate your value. We want you to be the professional powerhouse who moves laterally into a new field with your salary and your dignity intact.
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