Career Advice
1 min readChanging fields without pretending your last job did not happen
Edwuma Team
Keep the history. Translate two or three duties into the language of the role you want, and show one piece of new work.
A career change fails when the CV looks like you have never worked, or when it looks like you are still applying for the old job. Keep the employers and dates. Change the emphasis.
Translate, then prove
Pick two duties from the old role that the new listings keep asking for. Write them in the new title's words. Then add one fresh proof point: a course project, a volunteer task, or a piece of work you did on the side, finished enough to show.
- Lead with the target title, not the old one.
- Cut tools and duties that only make sense in the old field.
- In the cover note, say you are changing and why, in two sentences. Do not apologise for it.
Apply to roles where your old experience is an advantage, not a curiosity. A retailer who wants an analyst with shop-floor knowledge is a better first step than a title you cannot yet evidence.