How to switch jobs?
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- shellie0
This can be a totally delicate situation.
Look -- nobody expects you to stay at the job your at forever. But, generally people in advertising tend to be a bunch of petty, gossip, drama mongers. With that in mind, I say, its your career and you should do what you want. Just don't set the whole thing ablaze when you make moves -- it's a small pond you swim in. Be considerate to your former employer whenever possible (it's not always possible, but it's good practice).
If you are high enough in the ranks at the company your at, your potential employer could catch a lot of head for poaching their client's talent. That would be on the level that could lose them much more money than it could cost to hire you (double your salary). So you have to ask yourself if you're worth that kind of drama. Some people are.
In these situations it's probably best to wait for interest to come your way from the vendor itself. It's not that hard to flirt that interest your way if you get word out that you're looking to do this or that. Then, you have that information float around to the source that books the talent at the company you seek. I guess there's some networking involved if you want to passively get in without totally leaving your ass hanging out and lose your current job.
But, if your the "ass hanging out" kinda person, you could always boldly apply to the job you seek with no digression. Just don't be surprised if you get fired. But, there is still a chance you could get hired (by someone). I personally like to walk that line... hard.
- wasnt sure if you were talking about internal hires or a client/vendor situation. but dynamics are often similar.shellie
- Is this an internal position..? it is, right?sisu
- I dont know. reads like this could be an agency with production partners which would be officially "outside" of his co but close to his biz.shellie