Here’s how you can Completely Rewrite Your Resume for a New Position
Amelia Walker
Certified Professional Resume Writer ● Career Coach ● Executive Resume Writer ● CPRW, CPCC
Are you planning to change the direction of your job search? Or are you considering applying for diverse roles to have more advantage? No matter your intentions, you will need to completely rewrite your resume when you are applying for a different job title.
With this article, we aim to discuss everything that you need to do to revamp your resume for a new position. Let’s get started with the basics:
How to Write a Career Change Resume
Research the new role
Remember how you did a ton of research before writing your current resume? You need to do that for the new role as well. First, you should read and understand the job description. Carefully review the job description to identify what skills, experiences, and qualifications the employer would like to see in an ideal candidate. You should also pay attention to the industry standards when it comes to a resume. The structure, appearance, and content of a resume change drastically in some industries. For example, you will need a creative and eye-catching resume if you are applying for a creative job.
Do a self-assessment
Your new resume must reflect the kind of skills and experiences the employer wants to see. Therefore, the first step should be to do a self-evaluation of your career. Focus on each aspect of your career so that you can identify the items that must go on your resume. It will help you to create a master resume template first and record all your skills, experiences, and qualifications there. Once you have written everything down, you can pick and choose the ones that must go on your new resume.
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Create your new outline
Your new resume might need different sections than your last one. So, it is better to start with a clean slate and create the sections you need. We recommend making a rough draft of your resume or a resume outline before attempting to design the final document. Decide the number of sections your new resume must contain. The most important resume sections are contact information, summary, skills, work experience, and education. Apart from these, you can add sections such as volunteer work, projects, publications, awards, certifications, interests, etc. Choose which information you want to display in each section and arrange them by their priority.
Rewrite the work experience
The most important section of your resume is the career history. This is where you can show an interested employer that you are really good at what you do. Before attempting to write this section, you may need to gather your past resumes, performance reviews, and past job descriptions to have all the necessary information nearby. Once you have all the info, you can start making entries for each of your related jobs. Mention the job title, employer, location, relevant dates, and professional achievements for each role. Use bullet points to describe your professional achievements and begin each bullet point with an action verb.
Craft your summary
Once you have completed filling in all the information on your new resume, you should focus on the resume summary statement. It helps to write this last because then you have a clear idea of the most important information to highlight in the document. Ensure that your summary statement is concise and informative. We recommend keeping it below six lines. You should also incorporate personal branding into your resume summary.