10 resume writing tips to help you transform your resume to the IT industry

Considering a career transition to the IT industry but your existing resume has nothing to do with IT and you feel stuck? IT Career Transformation has helped many customers transform their resume to IT industry to achieve their career goals. In this post, we share 10 tips and leading questions that can help you transform your resume and LinkedIn profile to your new target IT role.

1. First, define your new career roadmap and specific target role(s). It will allow you to find and highlight those skills (technical or soft skills) that are most relevant to your target IT role.
2. Identify areas aligned with your new target IT role from your professional experience that can help position you as an IT professional. Did you have any technical / IT related responsibilities and accomplishments? Focus on tangible accomplishments (providing numbers if possible), and what was the benefit to the organization or the customer / end user.
3. Have you worked directly or indirectly on IT projects? Your involvement can be, for example, defining business requirements or testing a new IT system.  What was the benefit of the project?
4. Have you worked with technical teams or with IT vendors?
5. Identify existing soft skills that are relevant and have prepared you to your target IT role. For example, are you a fast learner? Find specific points in your existing resume that can be rephrased to highlight these skills.
6. What types of technologies or IT systems have you used to perform your previous roles? Did you gain an expertise using a certain technology or IT system?
7. Have you provided training involving use of technology / IT systems that can be highlighted?
8. Include any relevant professional training and certifications you have completed in areas related to your new target IT role. If you are a recent graduate, include coursework project experience. For each project, summarize project goals / challenges, your contribution and benefit (which problem you were able to solve for the potential customer / user).  
9. Review job descriptions of potential opportunities aligned with your target IT role and identify 3-5 job requirements that you can find specific accomplishments from your previous roles that demonstrate your ability to take on the required responsibilities.
10. Most importantly, are you comfortable with doing whatever it takes to be successful in your new IT role? You need to believe in yourself and be confident that you can do it!

Do you or someone you know need help with a career transition to IT or improving your existing IT resume? Learn more about our services. Call 678.224.8715 or email us at info@itcareertransformation.com to schedule a free initial consultation to discuss your career goals and how best we can help!