Onwura Chioma
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๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ.
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๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ก ๐ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ. A thread ๐งต
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1. ๐๐ข ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ข ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐ .
One career mistake I see people make is learning first and investigating demand later.
Someone says Data Analytics pays well, so you spend six months learning it.
Then you finally open job boards and discover employers want SQL, Power BI, industry knowledge and experience you haven't built.
Reverse the order.
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐.
One career mistake I see people make is learning first and investigating demand later.
Someone says Data Analytics pays well, so you spend six months learning it.
Then you finally open job boards and discover employers want SQL, Power BI, industry knowledge and experience you haven't built.
Reverse the order.
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐.
Onwura Chioma
Member
2. ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ.
Not three.
Not the one exciting vacancy somebody sent you.
Find around 30 roles similar to the career you're considering.
Put them in a document or spreadsheet.
Now look for repetition.
What skills appear repeatedly?
What tools?
What experience?
What qualifications?
What problems are these companies actually hiring somebody to solve?
๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด.
Not three.
Not the one exciting vacancy somebody sent you.
Find around 30 roles similar to the career you're considering.
Put them in a document or spreadsheet.
Now look for repetition.
What skills appear repeatedly?
What tools?
What experience?
What qualifications?
What problems are these companies actually hiring somebody to solve?
๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด.
Onwura Chioma
Member
2. ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ.
Not three.
Not the one exciting vacancy somebody sent you.
Find around 30 roles similar to the career you're considering.
Put them in a document or spreadsheet.
Now look for repetition.
What skills appear repeatedly?
What tools?
What experience?
What qualifications?
What problems are these companies actually hiring somebody to solve?
๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด.
Not three.
Not the one exciting vacancy somebody sent you.
Find around 30 roles similar to the career you're considering.
Put them in a document or spreadsheet.
Now look for repetition.
What skills appear repeatedly?
What tools?
What experience?
What qualifications?
What problems are these companies actually hiring somebody to solve?
๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด.
Onwura Chioma
Member
3. ๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฆ.
๐ โ I can already do this.
๐ โ I have done something similar.
๐ โ I genuinely don't know how to do this.
Your career transition should be built around Box C.
You may discover that you don't need an entirely new professional identity.
You need three missing competencies.
That is a much cheaper problem to solve.
๐ โ I can already do this.
๐ โ I have done something similar.
๐ โ I genuinely don't know how to do this.
Your career transition should be built around Box C.
You may discover that you don't need an entirely new professional identity.
You need three missing competencies.
That is a much cheaper problem to solve.
Onwura Chioma
Member
4. ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐.
If you're an accountant who wants to enter technology, your first move doesn't have to be software engineering.
Fintech may value what you already understand about reconciliation, controls, payments and financial operations.
A teacher might have a shorter path into EdTech, instructional design or customer education than into cybersecurity.
A salesperson may already have much of what is required for SaaS sales.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
If you're an accountant who wants to enter technology, your first move doesn't have to be software engineering.
Fintech may value what you already understand about reconciliation, controls, payments and financial operations.
A teacher might have a shorter path into EdTech, instructional design or customer education than into cybersecurity.
A salesperson may already have much of what is required for SaaS sales.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
Onwura Chioma
Member
5. ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐.
Courses teach curricula.
People doing the work can tell you what the job actually requires.
Ask them:
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ?
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ?
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ?
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ?
Three good conversations can save you months of studying the wrong things.
Courses teach curricula.
People doing the work can tell you what the job actually requires.
Ask them:
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ?
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ?
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ?
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ?
Three good conversations can save you months of studying the wrong things.
Onwura Chioma
Member
6. ๐๐ข๐ก'๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ก. ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐.
This is where many career changers get stuck.
Course completed.
Certificate downloaded.
Another course started.
But an employer isn't buying the number of hours you spent learning.
They're trying to reduce the risk of hiring you.
Create something that makes your new ability visible: a project, case study, portfolio, analysis, process improvement or real problem you solved.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.
This is where many career changers get stuck.
Course completed.
Certificate downloaded.
Another course started.
But an employer isn't buying the number of hours you spent learning.
They're trying to reduce the risk of hiring you.
Create something that makes your new ability visible: a project, case study, portfolio, analysis, process improvement or real problem you solved.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.
Onwura Chioma
Member
7. ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ.
Apply selectively.
Talk to recruiters.
Ask people in the industry to review your positioning.
Pay attention to where you're getting rejected.
If five employers keep pointing to the same missing capability, that's useful information.
Your applications can become market research.
Apply selectively.
Talk to recruiters.
Ask people in the industry to review your positioning.
Pay attention to where you're getting rejected.
If five employers keep pointing to the same missing capability, that's useful information.
Your applications can become market research.
Onwura Chioma
Member
๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ก'๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐.
The goal is to understand what the market values, identify the shortest distance between what you already know and what employers need, then learn enough to cross that distance.
Before you spend six months acquiring another skill, spend one week making sure you're learning the right one.
๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ.
The goal is to understand what the market values, identify the shortest distance between what you already know and what employers need, then learn enough to cross that distance.
Before you spend six months acquiring another skill, spend one week making sure you're learning the right one.
๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ.