How to Switch Careers
REM #F723
By Elizabeth Handlin
CEO, www.ultimate-resumes.com
Summary: A reader would like to help her son switch careers. Changing careers isn't easy, but Liz Handlin, CEO of www.ultimate-resumes.com and a contributing ThinkGlink columnist, shares tips for breaking into a new field.
Q: My son has a BA in International Affairs and 6 six years experience as a
county police officer.
He really wants to break into a new career drawing on his interest and education
in political science and
international affairs but has had no success in landing an opportunity or even
an interview. What can he do to discover a new direction and land an interview?
Thanks!
A: The first thing your son should do is review his resume and make sure that
the resume reflects skills that will translate into his desired field. In other
words, make sure that a hiring manager can easily understand the aspects of
his current career that are relevant to the job he aspires to. If he needs help
in creating a winning resume he can contact Ultimate Resumes at www.ultimate-resumes.com.
Once his resume is in order he should start networking among his current contacts
in case someone he knows has a good contact in education/political science.
There are also some great online networking websites like LinkedIn
which your son can use to search for people who have jobs in his dream field.
He could also check out the Teaching Jobs
website for open teaching positions for grades K -12. He should start contacting
some of those individuals to network.
Finally it would be helpful if your son can volunteer in a field related to
education or political science. Your son could investigate Bridgestar,
an organization that matches individuals with not-for-profits who need board
members or volunteers. The more information he can add to his resume that relates
to his desired career the better the chance that someone will give him an opportunity.
NOTE: This column is distributed by Real Estate Matters Syndicate, PO Box 366, Glencoe, Illinois, 60022. This column may not be resold, reprinted, resyndicated or redistributed without written permission from the publisher.
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