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Jim Frawley - Changing Industries: How Your Experience Can Be Your Greatest Asset

Hired: Talent VP on Job Interviews, Negotiation & Offers

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Education, Interview Prep, Promotions, Self-improvement, Careers, Job Interviews, Job Search, How To, Resumes, Business, Cover Letters

4.9638 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Connect with Jim! https://www.jimfrawley.com/ Jim Frawley Consider a switch! It can boost your career and make you a stronger candidate. Identify transferable skills and focus on value you bring. Network and showcase how you can solve problems in your target industry. Recruiters value diverse experience, explain your moves with a focus on gained skills. Sterile Processing Jobs: https://www.sterilejobs.com/ Surgical Technician Jobs: https://www.scrubtechjobs.com/ Commercial HVAC Jobs:https...

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0:00.0

How do you get a job in an industry you don't have experience in? Maybe you see the potential

0:06.2

of industry growth and you want to transition. Maybe you see potential in yourself in that industry,

0:15.5

but don't know the steps to take to get there. It might be on your mind right now, but it looks like at least 40% of people change industries

0:26.8

at least once, at least one time in their career.

0:31.6

Our guest today is going to help us understand why and how to change industries to get more out of your career.

0:41.6

Jim Frawley is an expert in change management and organizational development and the founder

0:47.6

of the Bellwether Method. Jim is a renowned keynote speaker, the hosts of Jim's Take

0:54.0

the podcast, a big time reader,

0:57.0

small-time triathlete, and full-time father and husband.

1:00.3

Can you give us some highlights of your professional background and what led you to where you are today?

1:06.0

I run an organization called Bellwether.

1:08.0

We are a change management of a firm, executive development.

1:12.0

Background of my career started in radio, didn't pay any money. So I switched. Went over, got my first real job, which was

1:18.8

monitoring telemarketing calls, which was not a fun job. But I traveled around the world,

1:23.3

moved into corporate training. That got me stuck in a couple different places and then transitioned into the financial

1:28.6

industry, did that for about 15 years, didn't really jazz me.

1:32.4

So now I have my own business launched it back to 2015 and I work with executives around

1:36.8

the world.

1:38.3

Let's start off with the bad.

1:40.0

What are the risks of changing industries?

1:43.8

It's not so much necessarily a risk of changing industries. There's not so much necessarily risk of changing industries.

1:46.0

There's always a risk in changing a job, right?

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