Dolapo Omotoso is a Revenue Growth Director at TransferGo. She has had quite an impressive and interesting journey, from being a law student to customer support intern and now her current role as Revenue Growth Director.
We talked about:
Dolapo’s career progression
Putting yourself out there
The importance of volunteering
Being open to learning
Relating with your manager
Key takeaways:
Always be willing to learn
Put yourself on people’s radars by volunteering
Don’t be afraid to go after what you want
Move with audacity, but make sure you can back it up
Make sure your manager recognises your work and always make the look good
Learn to take breaks and have boundaries at work
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In this episode we cover:
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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