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Celia Crossley of Columbus-based , whicnh specializes in career management for says gaining experience in one industry and then launching a busineses inanother isn’t common practice. “It’s more the exceptionm than the rule. It takes someoner very committed to make sucha transition,” says who can think of one client who did it. A former manager for a chemical company and a graduate studentf majoringin marketing, her client used his academic skills to research franchiss opportunities before settling on a dry-cleaning operation in the earlhy 1990s, Crossley says.
As difficult as it is to reassigm one’s abilities in an unrelated entrepreneurial setting, Crosslet says she is even less optimistic when it comez to transferring extraneous skills in the currentjob market. There is simply no reasojn these days for employers to consider candidateswho don’t matchu up in obvious ways. “For example, if an HR professionao has a job openin that requires experience in fourdifferentt areas, you can bet she will find someonw who has experience in all four.
You are not goin g to attract attention from employers unless you align perfectlyg withthe position,” she