kevin715 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 As of now, I'm still wondering whether I should decide to change career paths despite having a degree in one particular field. I've done the typical gearing-my-resume-towards-my-college-experience, but if I'm seeking employment in a completely different field, other than just deciding to use more general employment history rather than my old career-specific history, how should I go about it? I just feel really pigeonholed into one career path, and I'm trying to find ways to sell myself as something completely different than what my college experience has. I'm sure that most people begin careers in fields completely unrelated to their degree, but how does it even get to that point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocio Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Do you have any background that relates to the new field? You don't want to specify which field your degree is in and which field you're trying to enter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin715 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Current degree is in broadcast journalism, but if that doesn't work out, I'm trying to think of a backup plan that doesn't involve going back to grad school, which is what I'm uncertain about. I would like to think that I could do something that involves writing or math, but I just can't think of anything more specific than that, or how I could sell myself in a different field if most of my college experience deals with working in TV and radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocio Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Did you take elective courses on other subjects? Do you have work experience that you can spin to relate to your desired job? I think you'll have to figure out what kind of job you want before you figure out how to tailor your resume to it. When you say math, do you mean number crunching, like accounting or auditing? Or do you mean like stats, engineering, design, etc? For either, I would think you'd need some courses in math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin715 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 The highest math class I've taken was a basic calculus course, which I did very well in, but I'm not sure what practical purpose that would serve when searching for/on a job. As for elective courses, I have taken classes that have involved writing press releases, but other than that (as well as the obvious news writing/reporting classes), there haven't been too many technical writing courses outside of my field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocio Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 So maybe I'm not even understanding your question correctly. My understanding was that you wanted to know what to put on your resume when you're moving over to a new field. Was that correct? Or were you asking how to go about identifying a new field of interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin715 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 The first part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocio Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Ok, then you have to tailor the resume to the specific position. Once you know which job you want, and you have the job posting, then take it in to a career counsellor and they will help you tailor the resume. Or else re-post on ENA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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