Build a short introduction
Describe your target role and name a relevant strength with a concrete example. If you move from retail management to operations, explain how you scheduled teams, managed inventory, or reduced handover errors. Use the terms that appear in your target vacancies when they accurately describe your work.
Explain why the change makes sense to you. An interviewer may want to know whether the new responsibilities are something you understand and want to keep doing. Mention a course, project or conversation that helped you test your decision.
- Align the résumé summary and profile headline with the same target role.
- Include examples from your earlier field where they answer a requirement in the new one.
- Ask a person outside your former industry to explain your pitch back to you.
Make a simple proof of work
Create a small project that resembles a task in the role. Describe what you made and where you would seek feedback next. Use public or invented data and avoid sharing internal documents from a previous employer.