I’m struggling to find a job and wondering if anyone has any leads.

I’ve been working as an internal PM, so I don’t have client facing experience which seems to be what everyone is looking for. I keep receiving rejection emails, or being told on phone screenings they prefer to move on with someone who has client experience. I would love to stay in house, but willing to take on pretty much any opportunity at this point.

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That is quite the conundrum. Any chance you can get some client-facing experience in your current job?

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Unfortunately it’s not possible. I’m in the HR department so while I do have cross-department collaboration and vendor experience, our projects are strictly internal.

I did it by going into an ad agency and said I used to cover for the account teams. If they were out sick . Also tagged team on client calls & timelines. What type of company is it?

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