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How to handle a career change
From the course: Writing a Resume
How to handle a career change
- If you are attempting to make a career change, then you've probably heard, "You don't have any industry experience. You'll have to start over from the bottom. You'll have to take a pay cut. It's not possible. It's too late." Or any number of other extremely unhelpful comments. Making a career change is not easy, but there are ways to structure your resume to profile your experience in the best light. There is a widely circulated report by the Ladders which suggests that recruiters spend an average of six seconds looking at your resume. Just six seconds. The first thing they look at is your name, and your location. The second thing they review is your professional history, with starting and ending dates, and then they look more closely at your work history to determine your stability. Your next employer is more interested in what you've done than what you say you can do, because results are measurable, reviewable, and…
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