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How do you write a resume for a career change?

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Insight

Keep evidence from the old field. Rewrite it as transferable capability for the next manager, not as a tour of the old industry. Cut duties that only make sense in the previous job. Target the posting. Do not keep a generalist dump and hope they translate it.

Guidance

  1. Highlight 4–6 capabilities the new role actually needs.
  2. For each, pull proof from old work (same events, new framing).
  3. Move irrelevant old-industry jargon out or delete it.
  4. Use a targeted summary. Consider a capability-forward current-role section.

AI amplification

Optional. Copy this into ChatGPT or a similar tool if you want a first draft. Replace the [PASTE] sections with your own material. The work stays in that tool; we do not save it here.

Prompt to copy

Rules: Do not invent employers, job titles, dates, metrics, team sizes, or outcomes. If something is missing, ask me or write [unknown]. Keep hedges such as "approximately" and "more than" exactly as I stated them. Never turn a qualitative result into a number.

I am changing fields. Rewrite this evidence as a targeted resume for the posting below. Keep real events; reframe as transferable capability. Do not add experience I did not describe. Flag requirements I have no evidence for.

Target posting:
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Evidence:
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