Does anyone have insight on how to position myself to change sectors? I have been in a sales position adjacent to the food industry for over 10 years. Last year I did my first year in food tech, selling SaaS to medium and large food distributors. I would love to stay in food tech but it’s narrowing my job search. However my current experience is showing that other industries aren’t interested in interviewing me. Any advice would be appreciated

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Sounds to me like you are focusing your experience around the food sales story where you could put less emphasis on the food software part of your story and lean more towards the 10 years of B2B software sales experience that you have.

Those are just my thoughts. Best of luck to you in your search.

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Yeah rpos is probably your best bet or starting over as an sdr or entry AE. Obv it doesn’t help much but I was an inside AE and basically didn’t matter to go into another company as an AE so I took a step back in title but pay was better so whatever. GL

Clover POS is great for QSRs but also works in Retail environments so you have flexibility.

Yeah but the product sucks

Assess yourself first and see if what are your transferrable skills and what trainings you might need. Just a personal tip, because this one helped me a lot with my job search, join trainings and seminars. Network and look for professionals of your same interest. Join their groups or organizations and use that connection as a leverage during your applications.

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