Change Careers Within the Same Company

Posted on November 21, 2005

In today's corporate world you hear a lot about people changing jobs or looking for a job with another company in another city. However, the Detroit News has an article (link no longer available) about Kevin McCormick, who found career success by sticking with one company -- DaimlerChrysler AG in Auburn Hills, Michigan. McCormick managed to find new challenges by switching departments within DaimlerChrysler.

"I even made up a mantra for myself: Passion trumps pedigree," he said.

Had that not worked, McCormick says he would have started looking elsewhere. "In my mind I was fully prepared to leave the company to do what I wanted to do."

In January 2003, communications positions opened up, and it wasn't until the end of the summer that McCormick got the job, nine months after he had started his career introspection.

McCormick is now a manager in the communications department according to the article. In McCormick's case he was able to convince higher-ups at DaimlerChrysler that he had what it took to move into a new department. It also helps to work for a company as large as DaimlerChrysler. Others may not be as lucky as McCormick and a complete change of scenery may be needed to alter a career path.

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