Later she was promoted to senior benefits specialist and tapped for a company mentoring program. A self-assessment conducted at the start of the program showed "in neon that what I wanted was to be helping, guiding and coaching people," says Ms. Briscoe, 42. A company executive encouraged her to apply for an opening as a management-development manager. She was hired and in July 2000, just two years later, she was promoted to her current job as the director of organizational development. Ironically, she had earned her master's degree in this field 20 years earlier.
"If I had applied for this job on the outside, all I would have had was limited experience and a degree," she says. "This way, my work ethic and the quality of my work were known."
Return to school. 回学校深造。This is a good strategy if you want to enter a new field that requires educational credentials that are radically different from your background or current degree. Michelle Walsh, coordinator for the Beaux Arts Society, the fundraising arm of the Boise, Idaho, Art Museum, wants to work in the addiction treatment field. She's now taking courses at Boise State University at night toward a master's degree in health science. With her day job and three small children, she expects the degree to take between three and seven years. "I am in no hurry," says the 39-year-old.
Going back to school allows you to learn the new profession and gain credibility, but it can be expensive and keep you from working. For many professionals, earning a technical certificate or completing other short-term training is sufficient to qualify them for a new field, says Lynette Fairey, a division manager in Austin, Texas, for the Human Capital Consulting Group of Spherion Inc., a human-resources services firm. "Across the board, I don’t recommend returning to school," she says.
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