Things to take Care of while crafting a Resume if you are looking for Change in Industry

Summary

  • Your Summary should reflect clearly your thought process. It should speak about why you are ready to explore new Industry and what benefit it would be for them to hire you.

 

For Example if you have spent years in Sales domain in Telecom Industry and now are looking to explore BD role in other Industries I might frame your Summary as

 

Leader capable of driving new business initiatives, analyzing competitor moves, designing suitable products to surpass competition, seeking product penetration, maximizing business growth and delivering top and bottom line growth. Dynamic professional proficient in sales, channel management, new market development, marketing capable of streamlining workflow & creating a team work environment to enhance productivity for reputed business houses.

 

CORE SKILL SET

  • Highlight Top 5 skills which you have developed over the years and how these skills will be beneficial for other industries

 

For Example

 

Strategy Formulation : List what kind of strategies you formed and implemented and what was the impact

Competitor Analysis : List what markets you mapped and what revenues you added

Team Management : What extra you did to develop skillset of your team members

 

KEYWORDS

  • Use minimum jargons of your current industry. Use keywords which are understood across Industries.

 

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Key achievements that you highlight should speak about cost saving, revenue generation and capability development initiatives. These are the most sort after accomplishments across Industries