On this episode of the podcast, we were joined by Dolapo Omotoso. She is the Revenue Growth Director at TransferGo and has had quite an interesting career progression. We discussed how she went from law student to customer support intern and now director. She also gave some amazing tips and advice.
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We talked about:
Dolapo’s career progression
Putting yourself out there
The importance of volunteering
Being open to learning
Relating with your manager
Breakdown
0:00 Intro
3:02 Icebreaker game
10:41 How to navigate the job market
19:56 How to position yourself and what courses to take
24:20 How to get into tech
28:02 How to grow from social media manager to marketing specialist
40:28 How Dolapo got into marketing
56:44 Know when and how to advocate for yourself
1:00:38 Learn from you manager and make sure they recognise your work
1:05:53 Is work-life balance really important?
1:12:22 How long should you stay at a job?
1:16:16 Why she moved to TransferGo
1:18:20 Dolapo's career highlights and advice for others
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