Have you ever changed jobs and got a really significant payrise?

[UnrulyPig]

I've seen a job that I'm really tempted to apply for...but the salary uplift is making me feel as if I might be wasting my time applying. I think I need some career advice!

The job would increase my salary by about 60%. It's tangentially related to my current role but would be a definite career change, more consultancy-based. I have the academic qualifications they ask for and some relevant experience although I'm not sure it's at a high enough level.

I kind of fell into my current role and have a bit of imposter syndrome, having moved in a few years from the most junior job in the dept to a senior management position. I enjoy what I do on the whole (and have great colleagues, again on the whole!) but I absolutely need a change and a career refresh. I believe I could do this job but the money they're paying makes me think they'd want someone, well, better than me.

Tell me your stories of your successful aspirational job applications!

Would a man ever second guess himself? Chuck your hat in the ring and see what happens, good luck!

Yep. Have a go!

Well that's true, stylishmummy, probably not!

I feel as if I have a 'ceiling price' I suppose...that's daft though I know.

@StylishMummy totally this! I vote go for it, it sounds like you cover most of their criteria. I recently applied for a job that l was quite unsure l would get an interview for, never mind get. I got it and it’s increased my gross salary by a third

The worst they can do is say “no”. You’ve got nothing to lose.

Not personally but a good friend recently got a £20k pay rise by getting a new job! That was basically a 50% pay rise on her previous salary... life changing.

Blimey lowprofilename! Congratulations

I think I've lost a bit of confidence having been with the same company for a good few years now. It's hard to think how to sell myself.

Yep. I'd be arguing my case for a payrise at an old job and was told that I was being paid the market rate and that company performance wasn't good enough to authorise pay increases.

Two weeks later I was offered a new job with a 50% increase. That was a good feeling.

Yeah, it would be a lifechanging kind of amount for me too, tired.

@DeeZastris has it

A Hewlett Packard internal report found that men apply for a job or promotion when they meet only 60% of the qualifications, but women apply only if they meet 100% of them. What doomed them was not their actual ability, but rather the decision not to try.

Yes - I tripled my basic salary a few years ago. To be fair I was underpaid but even so.

Go for it - good luck!

Yes, I got a 50% pay rise once when I moved job. On paper I didn’t have the academic qualifications. It asked for a PhD and I hadn’t even finished my Masters. But I got the job and am good at it. I do sometimes have to pinch myself that I’ve got the job.

You should absolutely do it. I did, to change to my current career, which sounds like the same sort of change you're contemplating (from something policy/brain-based to something more consultanty). I won't say I've never regretted it, because it can be a harsh environment, but without it I'd never have been able to buy my house or do so many of the things that I've done - both workwise and in my personal life.

Plus, if you hate it and want to go back to your previous life, you can probably do it at a higher salary.

I’ve just applied for a job that will triple my salary. Go for it!

I went from £30k to £40k about 4 years ago. I didn't think wow because that's what I should have been on ( or higher) but difficult pregnancies etc curtailed that.

Yes- several times.

I worked in a University research department - highly technical and specialised- moved jobs to the private sector and a pay increase of 60%.
Four years later moved to another company- global leader in the technology and again doubled my salary.
So within 5 years increased my salary four fold .

I took a 63% pay rise last year. Had been at the same large corporate company 18 years which almost always means you're underpaid!

The salary wasn't advertised so I had no idea when I applied what the pay would be, I was delighted to accept when they told me!

Don't worry about the salary now. Worry about that when you've got through the interviews and you know you want to work there!

Go for it. Sometimes life just works out the right way!

Yes I moved from a mid level role in large FTSE 100 company to a junior level role in a big consultancy and got a pay rise of 50% - I had all the academics qualifications however and the new role was much longer hours.

I went from 30k to 50k in one jump with my current company. I deserved it though. And still do

DH just got a new job, including bonus it’s more than a 60% increase on his current pay. Just go for it.

I just got a 30k payrise from 60 to 90. So that was nice.

I've had a few others too 21 - 28 - 47 then I pissed about between 47 and 60,til now.

Two job changes at 10k a time. (Accountant whilst qualifying)

DH got a 16k pay rise last year. It’s felt like we’ve won the lottery.