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How to frame and highlight transferable skills during a career change?

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How to frame and highlight transferable skills during a career change When you want to change careers, a resume with your old skills won’t help you at all. It’s essential to frame your past experiences in a way that highlights transferable skills and showcases your adaptability and relevance to the new target role. As long as you’re armed with the right […]

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Resume for Career Transitions with Side Hustles

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A resume for career transitions should position you well for the next role, especially if you’re embarking on a career change and have several side hustles that will benefit your next employer. In today’s dynamic job market, many of us explore exciting career transitions, side gigs, or even entrepreneurship. But here’s the big question: How can you

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HOW TO STRATEGISE A RESUME IF YOU HAVE FREQUENT JOB SWITCHES

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Leapfrogging from one job to another in a few months or years doesn’t have to haunt you for the rest of your career. Stop overthinking. Even without the pandemic or economic downturn, the job market is always subject to layoffs, mergers, restructurings, businesses shutting down, downsizing, etc. The following are a few resume tips for

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COMMUNICATING CAREER CHANGE EFFECTIVELY ON YOUR RESUME

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Using a regular and traditional resume structure while making a career switch may often lead to the new employer being confused and/or outright rejected. Here are 6 steps to follow to communicate career change effectively on your resume, even when you do not have direct experience in your new target field: 🔼 Use a combination

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RESUME SUMMARY FOR A CAREER SWITCH

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A resume summary acts as a promotional prelude or blurb to the rest of your document. It’s the first section of your resume highlighting something that might not otherwise be obvious. As a career switcher use it wisely to direct the recruiter’s attention to the relevance of your experience with the job description and explain

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