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Home> Career Change Advice> Change of Career Resume > Career Change Resume Objective

Career Change Resume Objective


Career Change Resume Objective

When looking to make a major career change, your objective statement becomes even more important.

As it has to:- 

  • give the reader what they are looking for.
  • convey your transferable skills to compensate for any lack of specific experience.
  • tell them what you want (the job title ususally).

or put another way...

It has to persuade the reader that your generic transitional / transferable skills and personality ARE relevant to the role they are offering.

People often forget the many great transferable skills they have, and its these skills we need focus on.

For example being a good comunicator or manager of people, are skills that are valuable in any sector, though don't loose focus on what the reader wants (don't mention manager of people if your target role doesn't need it).

Your CV / resume objective statement should only be used if applying for a very specific role where you know your objective is going to align with that of the reader. In this instance an objective statement is supremely powerful.

If intent on changing career you have to be crystal clear on the role you are after (if there are more than one - tailor each objective accordingly).

The reader has to believe you have the skills and commitment to transition to the new career.

Your resume objective statement should be concise and no more than 4 lines, It's a short powerful statement that tells the reader that you offer what THEY want!

Career Change Resume Objective - optional content  

  • The exact job title used on the advert / description – be as specific as possible.
  • Function of the role. Include the business objectives of your target role 
  • Critical skills required (these are the transferable skills mentioned earlier)
  • Relevant experience in tangible terms (x years, x number of projects etc)
  • Personal behaviour traits appropriate to the role. This adds your unique personality.

Note: Mix the above ingedients, edit, polish and edit some more, and you will get your Objective.

Career Change Resume Objective - examples

"Highly enthusiastic, achievement oriented consultant looking to leverage experience in presentation, training, and problem solving in an entry level teaching position".  

"Experienced business professional with highly developed training, and presentation skills following passion to develop successful new teaching career in progressive secondary school environment."

"Assitant Marketing position that utilises writing, communications, and creative skills, to make a positive contribution to the organisation".


If your prefer a short career change objective statement like the last one above, that leaves out some relevant skills or achievements, in favour of a punchier "headline" look.

Ensure you follow it up with a career change resume skills summary or achievements summary.

So you can hammer home the skills or achievements that would not fit in your objective statement.

I know writing points down helps me structure my thoughts, so I have created a couple of free forms you can download, to help work through this creative process.

The target  Target Career Form (pdf.version) helps you delve deeper than the job description or advert, to build a fuller list of your targets needs.

Download the  free Microsoft Word Resume Objective Statement Form and Target Career Form (zip file) here or Adobe pdf here. Delete the example red text and replace with your own. The Objective statement form helps you line up the readers needs next to your skills, to ensure you hit the most important points.


Writing a succesful Career Change Resume / CV is undoubtedly the toughest CV / Resume writing assignment there is.

the career change resumeI personally like learning from books, and my favorite no nonsense career change CV / Resume book, with step by step instructions and great examples is "The Career Change Resume" - review.

!00% focused on writing a great career changers resume / CV.

I hope you find the information useful, if you have any great CV / Resume writing tips, or any questions please feel free to ask here.

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