{"id":447405,"date":"2022-05-15T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T11:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dont-be-afraid-to-jump-into-a-new-career-feet-first\/"},"modified":"2022-05-15T14:22:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T11:22:12","slug":"dont-be-afraid-to-jump-into-a-new-career-feet-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-be-afraid-to-jump-into-a-new-career-feet-first\/","title":{"rendered":"#Don\u2019t be afraid to jump into a new career feet first"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a368bb1616db\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a368bb1616db\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-be-afraid-to-jump-into-a-new-career-feet-first\/#%E2%80%9CDont_be_afraid_to_jump_into_a_new_career_feet_first%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Don\u2019t be afraid to jump into a new career feet first&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDont_be_afraid_to_jump_into_a_new_career_feet_first%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Don\u2019t be afraid to jump into a new career feet first&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Melissa Ben-Ishay started scrolling through TikTok two years ago. \u201cIt seemed like a virtual scrapbook \u2014 you can piece together little clips of what you create,\u201d said Ben-Ishay, 38, the founder, president and CEO of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bakedbymelissa.com\/\">Baked by Melissa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love to cook. I spend all day in my kitchen if I\u2019m not working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben-Ishay knew she needed to leverage TikTok for her business, but didn\u2019t know how. Then one night, she <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bakedbymelissa\/video\/6891730633161313541?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;lang=en\">posted a video of overnight oats that she\u2019d made into cupcakes.<\/a> That morphed into content of her making salad or savory dishes, and they started going viral. So she began including corresponding recipes on her company\u2019s Web site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou learn by doing,\u201d said Ben-Ishay. \u201cTry! Failure on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> is great because failure means that nobody saw it. Win-win, right? So you learned, you failed, nobody saw it and you don\u2019t even have to feel silly about it. Great, do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going all in like Ben-Ishay did, and learning by doing, is key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to jump in, you have to figure it out. There\u2019s such a difference between a place of yes and a place of no,\u201d said Bethenny Frankel, TV star, founder and CEO of global lifestyle brand <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bethenny.com\/shop\">Skinnygirl,<\/a> and author of a newly released book, \u201cBusiness Is Personal: The Truth About What it Takes To Be Successful While Staying True to Yourself\u201d (Hachette Go).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bethany-Frankel-BusinessIsPersonal-1.jpg?w=322\" alt=\"Book cover with Bethany Frankel on it\" class=\"wp-image-22262840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bethany-Frankel-BusinessIsPersonal-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bethany-Frankel-BusinessIsPersonal-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=483 483w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bethany-Frankel-BusinessIsPersonal-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bethany-Frankel-BusinessIsPersonal-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=161 161w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Bethany-Frankel-BusinessIsPersonal-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>Bethany Frankel just published a book called \u201cBusiness is Personal.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Celeste Sloman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWho you are outside of business is who you are inside of business,\u201d said Frankel, 51. \u201cIt\u2019s a crazy time now \u2014 everybody sees and hears everything. Business really is personal, the lines are blurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With more than 620,000 followers, Frankel posts regularly on TikTok, including candid reviews of beauty products. She also hosts the podcast \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bethenny.com\/podcast\">Just B With Bethenny Frankel,\u201d <\/a>and puts on a philanthropist hat to head up <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bethenny.com\/bstrong\">BStrong<\/a>, a worldwide disaster-relief initiative\u00a0that partners with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalempowermentmission.org\/mission\/ukraine-crisis\/\">Global Empowerment Mission.<\/a><br \/>\u201cMost things are more or less challenging than they seem,\u201d Frankel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYears ago, I realized if you have something interesting to say, you can crystallize it and package it into a small parcel and let someone know why you have something interesting that they might not want to miss out on. Or, be so endearing that they want to help you or connect, or be the type of person that follows through, which most people don\u2019t. It\u2019s just important to reconnect and just say what you mean and mean what you say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That rings true especially for making things h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en and creating your own opportunities, as Frankel explained her book. Although you may think other people aren\u2019t accessible, Frankel said they are actually accessible \u201cif you are a little bit strategic and creative in your way of accessing someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Jane Pennoyer, 29, did just that when she discovered a firm called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/choosefinch.com\/\">Finch<\/a>, a digital sustainability tool.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/at-work.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Shot of two young colleagues having a discussion in modern office.\" class=\"wp-image-22263092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/at-work.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/at-work.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/at-work.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Entrepreneurs share how they jumped into new fields. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe problem was, there was no gig,\u201d said Pennoyer of the startup, which had zero funding. Her mother\u2019s friend knew the CEO and provided her with the e-mail address, so Pennoyer sought an informational conversation. After e-mailing the CEO with the subject line \u201cConnecting,\u201d she landed a call.<\/p>\n<p>Pennoyer offered to work for free, but the CEO started paying her to work 10 hours a week as a freelance consultant. Six weeks later, Pennoyer was hired full-time; one year later, she became chief of staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew that if I got my foot in the door, I could make myself valuable enough to stick around,\u201d said Pennoyer.<\/p>\n<p>But bear in mind there are no shortcuts. You need to build a solid foundation with hard work, and making your own opportunities won\u2019t always happen in a New York minute \u2014 but that\u2019s OK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can create an impact in New York, but most good things take a while and have to be built upon,\u201d said Frankel. \u201cThey have layers. It\u2019s like a house. It feels better when you build something properly with layers and really just do it in a methodical, high-quality manner versus a rush job. It feels better, it\u2019s more trusted. It takes a long time to be successful.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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