I have been in the mortgage industry for quite some time. I am looking for a career change and not having much luck, any suggestions as to where I should start looking?
September 22nd, 2008, 8:29 am · Post a Comment · posted by fminano
A significant challenge career changers face is preparing a winning resume. After all, it’s challenging enough when you have ample related experience. Writing this crucial document becomes even more painstaking when you’re looking to take a completely new career direction.
Your saving grace: Transferable skills.
What Are Transferable Skills?
Career expert Richard Nelson Bolles pioneered the idea of transferable skills in his perennial bestseller What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. According to Bolles, we are all born with skills we take from job to job. These transferable skills can be broken down into three categories: people (communicating, teaching, coaching and supervising), data (record keeping, researching, translating and compiling data) and things (operating computers/equipment, assembling and repairing).
If you take the time to identify your transferable skills, you can convince employers that you have the core skills necessary to excel in your new career choice.
I would recommend working with a staffing agency to assist in your search.
