Ready for something different?
Your next career doesn't need to match your last one.
Changing Careers is Easier When Somebody Can See Beyond Your Job Title
Career changes often begin with the same problem.
You know you want something different, but every vacancy seems to require experience doing exactly the same job already.
That's where transferable skills matter.
At St Paul's Talent Solutions, we work with candidates moving between industries and entering new professional environments.
Rather than asking only:
“Have you done this job before?”
We look at:
“What have you already learned that would make you good at it?”
Transferable Skills
You've probably built more relevant experience than you think.
Your current industry might be different.
The underlying skills often aren't.
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Hospitality
You may already have experience in:
Customer relationship management
Working under pressure
Upselling
Conflict resolution
Time management
Communication
Teamwork
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Retail
You may bring:
Commercial awareness
Sales experience
KPI management
Customer service
Team leadership
Performance management
Stock and operational responsibility
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Customer Service
Your experience may demonstrate:
Relationship management
Problem solving
Communication
Objection handling
CRM usage
Account support
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Property
You may already understand:
Client management
Negotiation
Commercial conversations
Targets
Stakeholder management
Pipeline management
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Other Professional Roles
Skills such as communication, organisation, leadership, research, negotiation and stakeholder management can transfer between industries more easily than job titles suggest.
Career Options
Where could your experience take you?
We work with employers recruiting people based on ability and potential as well as direct sector experience.
Depending on your background, opportunities could include areas such as:
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Recruitment
Relationship building, communication, resilience and commercial awareness make recruitment a natural route for many career movers.
Explore Recruitment Careers
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Account Management
Existing client-facing experience can transfer effectively into professional account-management environments.
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Business Development
Candidates with commercial confidence and strong communication skills may suit new-business and business-development positions.
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Customer Success
Relationship management, problem solving and communication are highly transferable into customer-success environments.
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Professional Support Roles
Administration, coordination, client services and other professional positions can provide routes into office-based careers.