Coming from Financial Services. Hunted and farmed hundreds of clients over 6 years. Now looking to transition into tech sales. I have very transferable skills, but positions are asking for SaaS/Enterprise experience, of which I have 0 in sales.

How do I make this career change?

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If you're confident that your skills are transferable, apply anyway. I've done this many times over the years, and been hired for several jobs that I didn't technically qualify on paper, based on the job listing requirements. In the meantime, I'd also look into getting your resume professionally optimized. That might improve your results. (Plenty of experts on upwork who can do this for cheap.) Good luck!

I think the advice is good...but it might be worth reaching out to SaaS/enterprise people to get a sense of their role and where you could fit in. Is there anyone in your network you could reach out to?

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