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The Career Change Resume
Fox Business News talks to Kim Isaacs, a resume adviser for Monster. Isaacs is also the author of the Career Change Resume - a guide to writing resumes that target people looking to change careers. Some people are pretty reluctant to change into an industry that they have little experience in but it can be done. One of Isaacs' tips for people looking to change careers is to comb through job listings to see the types of skills that are required and find out what employers are looking for. Once you know what employes are looking for you can then figure out how to best market yourself.
Posted on January 28, 2008
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Change Careers Within the Same Company
In today's corporate world you hear a lot about people changing jobs or looking for a job with another company in another city. However, the Detroit News has an article about Kevin McCormick, who found career success by sticking with one company -- DaimlerChrysler AG in Auburn Hills, Michigan. McCormick managed to find new challenges by switching departments within DaimlerChrysler.
His goal, he said, was to land a face-to-face interview the next time a job opened up in the department. That's was the only way, he felt, that he could overcome his lack of experience and training in communications.
"I even made up a mantra for myself: Passion trumps pedigree," he said.
Had that not worked, McCormick says he would have started looking elsewhere. "In my mind I was fully prepared to leave the company to do what I wanted to do."
In January 2003, communications positions opened up, and it wasn't until the end of the summer that McCormick got the job, nine months after he had started his career introspection.
McCormick is now a manager in the communications department according to the article. In McCormick's case he was able to convince higher-ups at DaimlerChrysler that he had what it took to move into a new department. It also helps to work for a company as large as DaimlerChrysler. Others may not be as lucky as McCormick and a complete change of scenery may be needed to alter a career path.
Posted on November 21, 2005
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