You've been quietly wondering whether you're cut out for the role you actually want. Maybe you've told yourself you're not technical enough to work in tech. Or that you're not aggressive enough to be in sales. Or that you're not the right ”type” for the leadership role you keep watching other people get. So you've stayed where you are, even though you can't see a path forward from here.
In this episode, I'm sitting down with Emily Jackson, a Senior Channel and Inside Sales Manager at an RFID technology company who built her tech sales career after starting out in the fitness industry, with no technical background and a self-described introverted personality. We talk about how she figured out what she was actually good at, why women in male-dominant fields keep counting themselves out, and what it really takes to make a pivot when nobody is handing you permission.
What we talk about:
- Why ”I'm not a technical person” is one of the most common reasons women keep themselves out of tech, and why it's almost never true
- How to do an honest self-assessment of your skills when your current job isn't showing you what you're capable of
- Why is an outside perspective from your network more accurate than your own self-evaluation
- The introvert-in-sales myth, and why women already do relationship management every single day of their lives
- How to compare your skills against a job description from a different industry and find more overlap than you expect
- The exact way to break into tech when you've never worked in tech
About Emily:Emily Jackson is a Senior Channel and Inside Sales Manager for an RFID technology company. She built her tech career after starting in the fitness industry and a stint in aviation operations, transitioning into tech as a Business Development Manager at a major tech distributor before moving into sales. Outside her day job, she's a speaker, author, and career transition coach who works with women navigating their own pivots.
Connect with Emily:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-jackson-13315896/
Website: https://apluswomen.com
Book: https://a.co/d/8fLt0Ol
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