curiosa
02-04-2007, 04:59 AM
I have a question for all you experienced managers: would you hire a person for a marketing/business development/Project management position, that does not have specific prior experience? Would you base your decision solely in prior specific experience, or would you look at the intrinsic potential? If you feel the person is a "peoples- person", with drive, networking/marketing skills, inter-cultural awarness, is creative, persuasive, service oriented and flexible, speaks fluently 4 languages, would you hire that person?
I am a corporate/ mergers and acquisitions lawyer at a global law firm, used to travelling, networking and managing large international clients accounts, and successfully negotiating cross-border deals for more than 6 years. But the truth is that my interests and talents lie somewhere else and I am preparing for a carrer change and going into project management/marketing/business development. I have no idea whether my profile would interest general managers, but I am willing to give it a try and go for it, but before I start contacting companies and offering my services I would like to have an idea of what i can expect. So if you are, or have once been, responsible for hiring would you hire somebody like that? I would really like to hear your thoughts?
I am a corporate/ mergers and acquisitions lawyer at a global law firm, used to travelling, networking and managing large international clients accounts, and successfully negotiating cross-border deals for more than 6 years. But the truth is that my interests and talents lie somewhere else and I am preparing for a carrer change and going into project management/marketing/business development. I have no idea whether my profile would interest general managers, but I am willing to give it a try and go for it, but before I start contacting companies and offering my services I would like to have an idea of what i can expect. So if you are, or have once been, responsible for hiring would you hire somebody like that? I would really like to hear your thoughts?