What's the biggest challenge you're facing as you try to switch careers? I'm having a rough time just trying to find the time to do everything I need to do to make it happen - the resumes, the cover letters, all that is so much more work than it sounds like 😓

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Biggest challenges is to do all these things while working full time. I focussed on:
1) Doing courses that were relevant for the job I was interested in. These were about skills and education- e.g. Financial Modelling, CFA, etc. These take time to do as you need to show practical application in these.

2) Revamping your CV. It’s not just updating - need to reorganise and modify it to show only key skills and relevant work ex. Showing too much of your existing career experience is very tempting but you need to trim it down significantly if it’s not relevant for your next role.
3) Networking. The hardest part. LinkedIn is the only key way and it takes a lot of time and patience. Sending out requests with custom messages, having a conversation to build connect, then leverage that connect later on to request a referral. Response rate can be quite low for career-switchers which is very annoying.

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Right now, the market. Every job I apply to on Linkedin already seems to have over 200 applicants, as if I'm going to stand out in that crowd 😓

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