Career Switch from Social Sector

Hi, so I graduated two years back with a bachelor's in management studies (bba basically) but I was hell-bent on entering the development (social) sector for work which I eventually did a few months after graduating but unfortunately things didn't work out for me and so I chose to finally leave the sector due to the meagre salaries being provided. I've been working as a copywriter for the past 5 months since I was not able to get any calls from other industries as they deemed my social sector exp irrelevant. Turns out that even the ad industry is a low-paying one, so I have decided to try for Product Management roles since the responsibilities align with my interest and the pay is great. But as I do not have a tech degree or exp, is it even possible to enter the industry? Is there any way to leverage my social sector experience since a prerequisite for the social sector is to be able to empathise with the beneficiaries which is akin to understanding the pain point of users in corporate?

PatraniMacchi

B2B SaaS

a year ago

By social sector what exactly do you mean? I'm a bms grad too. (It's better than bba tho) Depends tbh, do you have good experience in internships? If not, your best bet is to participate in a lot of teardowns, develop a good portfolio, might help in shortlists. Pms/mgmt consults prefer ppl who have built something of their own. Try to reflect that in your cv. A blog, yt channel or anything

WrongCrow

Student

a year ago

So I have worked in the education domain specifically. I have two good internship experiences. So at my first job, I did lead the design and implementation of a fundraising program that brought public and private high school students together to co-learn. That was a big achievement for me. PMs look primarily for those with a tech background right, so is it even possible to enter the industry without that background?

PatraniMacchi

B2B SaaS

a year ago

Nice. You lead something and you brought results. That would help you in your pm journey. Regarding tech bg, you would see everywhere that it is not a restriction but I believe it is. You need a basic tech understanding of how system,apis etc work. Def entering into startups in the social sector is a good bet. But traditional companies like Microsoft without an MBA is a long shot. Just what I observed, I searched for apm roles too. I am not a pm, I am in product marketing

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TepidFanny11

Freelancer

a year ago

Don't . Unless you don't care about money.

WrongCrow

Student

a year ago

Thanks for replying. Could you elaborate, please?