You love engineering and you want to boost your career. But should you aim for internal promotion or an external move?
What are the pros and cons of each when building your career? Let’s find out!
Internal promotion
Insider information
With your view from the inside of a company, it can be easier to plan your career. Your position means you’re likely to know, ahead of external candidates, about any upcoming jobs and can throw your hat in the ring early.
Know the lay of the land
Having an understanding of office politics and knowing the go-to person in any given situation will be of great benefit to you in a new role within your existing company.
Bypass the new start training
If you already work for a company, you start your new role from a position of power. There may be elements of your new job unfamiliar to you but you already have the precious lowdown on how the company operates.
External promotion
Enjoy a fresh start
When you’ve held a junior position in a company it can be hard to shake off your green-behind-the-ears tag, particularly if you join straight from school or college. You may always be in some eyes that wide-eyed young thing who went on a hoax errand to fetch tartan paint. Move to a new company and you’re getting a fresh start but also bringing experience this time.
Leapfrog your rivals
By moving to a new company it can be far easier to accelerate your career. When you stay with an employer long-term, you have to wait for a vacancy to appear before you can apply for it. By looking externally, you instantly have a pool of engineering vacancies on s1jobs from which to choose and can rise through the ranks more quickly.
Show initiative
The very fact you’re willing to make a move speaks volumes. It shows you have a get-up-and-go and are adaptable. It also tells prospective employers you’re confident that your talent will shine through in any company.
Widen your experience
It goes without saying the more companies you work for, the wider your experience. Even businesses that do more or less the same thing will have different systems and processes. By experiencing these, you’re making yourself irresistible to future employers. It’s a win win.
Why not check out the current Engineering vacancies at s1jobs to help you decide?