How to Switch Jobs

You may be one of the people, who is tired of his old job, and wants to try a new one, but feels that they are lacking in credentials. You need not despair, if you have the talent, actual experience in your field of choice, you may just be better than that degree holder in a suit
right beside you.

Imagine yourself applying for a job as CEO of a certain company. You just sold your own company that you developed from the ground up for a hefty paycheck. You have no scholastic background or impressive educational attainment to support you in your desired job. Your competition has an MBA from two different schools, spent twenty years studying taking post graduate courses along the way, but has no previous job experience. The CEO job you are applying for is a company very similar to the one you just sold. But you never finished high school…you just had this great business sense. If I were the one to choose, I’d pick you over the one with the MBA anytime.

Please remember the line “You can’t learn everything in school.” In most cases, real life experiences are better than theory. You could have scored perfect on your SATs but could have zero knowledge in handling a big marketing business. You could have less than average IQ, but could put up a big business just because you have the talent to do it. Actual experiences should count more than just studying and reading books. Of course in some cases you would need credentials, like doctors, lawyers, nurses, engineers, who need to pass a certain exam before they even become qualified. But most business people just have that “business sense.” They don’t need to go to school for it, it’s a God given talent.

Therefore, if you are one of these people who have the “it” factor that the job description requires, whether you have the credentials to support it or not, it is all up to you to repackage yourself. Stress on the experiences you had in setting up
your company, or bringing your family business to new heights. If you know that you have what they want then go for it. Good people with more sense will know when a person is a veteran of the trade, and a relative newcomer. Degrees and courses in such a case can pale in comparison with true blue experience.
On the other hand, if you are the one deciding on who to hire, go beyond their grades in school, or how many years they studied, get into the nitty gritty stuff and ask for actual experience. Both are important, but a healthy balance to both education and real life experiences should both count for something. Just know how to see people beyond their resumé.

Source: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1430124/how_to_switch_jobs_with_less_than_perfect.html?cat=9