CV template: Career change

Career changes can be scary, especially when you’ve been in the same career for decades.

But they don’t have to be.

To make changing careers that little bit easier, we’ve worked with the experts at StandOut CV to produce a career change CV template for you.

This template will help you structure your CV so that it showcases your professional experience in the most impressive way. However, we urge you to treat this as a template, not a script.

If you need a helping hand with how to write a CV for a career change, check out our comprehensive guide, or read on for some more insights.

Adapt your personal profile

Since the average recruiter spends 10 seconds reviewing a CV, you need to impress from the off. You can do this by tailoring your personal profile to the job.

When creating your personal profile, you need to disclose who you are and what you do, what you can offer the company and your career goals. Since you’re changing careers, you might want to draw upon the soft skills in your repertoire as they are translatable across every industry and role.

If you’ve gained any exposure to your new desired field, through voluntary work or courses for example, you should mention this too as it will instantly show the recruiter that you’re a match.

Be selective with your roles

Your CV is your self-marketing document and should be designed to showcase your most relevant skills to prospective employers. As a result, you can pick and choose which jobs you’d like to include on your CV and how much detail to go into.

As you’re writing a CV for a career change, you can be selective with the first job listed in your employment history to ensure you show your most relevant experience first. For example, if your most recent role is irrelevant to your new sector, feel free to list a more relevant voluntary role or placement first. After all, first impressions count.

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