From Entrepreneur to Employee: Mastering the Corporate Transition by Showcasing Your Unique Value

Hey Entrepreneur,

Have you been job-shopping to re-enter a more traditional (i.e., corporate) workplace? Then you’ve probably run into pushback about employers looking for employees, not other employers.

While entrepreneurship is generally associated with innovation, bravery, risk-taking, problem-solving, and wearing many hats, for those who will have to work with the individual they hire, other traits of concern can form a question mark during the evaluation process.

These traits include:

· Overconfidence / impatience / lack of focus

· Inability to work well in a team

· Poor management skills

· Resistance to feedback / inability to be coached

A basic strategy to overcome these objections is to address them head-on during interviews.

For example, during the “tell me about yourself” question that often kicks off interviews, focus on how you’ve been an effective team member, reacted positively to coaching and feedback, and continually worked to enhance your management skills.

But is there a way to leverage the exceptional power of entrepreneurship to give…