Anyone here successfully reentered advertising after leaving for a bit? Would love you hear your experience.

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I haven’t, but I know several people who have gone from agency to client-side and back. Mostly by leveraging past agency connections to return to the agency side. I think sometimes you lose a few years advancement-wise when you come back to the agency side, but it’s definitely possible

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^why even post that?

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Why not post that? ^ just curious cos I kinda get it

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@AD1, OP asked about people’s experience leaving the agency world and that CW goes “Pffft, I’d never leave for some job.” If you’re still sitting there thinking that’s a valuable contribution to the thread, then I’m clearly not smart enough to convince you otherwise (I’d also point out that if that’s the case, I don’t think highly of your intelligence either).

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I’m into hearing this

Same

I left the industry after being laid off. Worked in a completely different field for a couple of years. Hated it (and made significantly less $). Got a call from a recruiter and got back into advertising. Wasn’t at the same level when I came back (which was fine), but got back to Director at the next agency.

I wouldn’t leave advertising for another job.
I’d leave to start my own business, though.

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