Changescape Resume Template

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The Perfect Resume Template for Career Changes

While appropriate for a wide range of situations, this MS Word Changescape Resume Template is especially well suited for creating resumes to help you achieve a career change. The combination format is a pro technique to help you place the focus on your transferable qualifications rather than your work chronology.

  • Premium templates designed by an award-winning, nationally recognized resume expert.
  • Results-proven, recruiter-approved, and created for real-world use.
  • Leave the generic-looking templates to others. Quickly create a resume as unique as you are. Nobody will ever guess you used a template!
  • Fast and easy to use. Flexible and simple to customize. Multiple color options. Video tutorials and pro tips & writing prompts included.
  • Yes, unlike most templates, Distinctive Resume Templates follow all modern best practice "rules" and are ATS-friendly! (This is SO important!)

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Changescape Coordinating Documents

The Changescape biography and letterhead templates are designed to coordinate with our Changescape resume template. While the entire collection is appropriate for a wide range of industries and professional levels, the resume is especially well-suited for career changers. Microsoft Word is REQUIRED.

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AN EASY-TO-USE, MS WORD RESUME TEMPLATE THAT WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE THE CAREER CHANGE YOU DREAM ABOUT

Results-Proven, Combination-Format Resume Template For Career Change Designed for Experienced Professionals Seeking to Make a Midlife Career Change

Career change resumes can be challenging to create, but the Changescape resume template for career change makes it easy.

Moving your career in a new direction will usually require you to focus on transferable skills and qualifications rather than the chronology of your work history.

While any experienced professional could use this resume template, the Changescape Resume Template is especially well suited as a resume template for a career change as the "Summary of Differentiating Value" section gives you space to call attention to all your achievements, framed so they draw attention to your transferable skills.

This combination format puts the emphasis of your resume on the points that you choose to highlight. A more traditionally styled chronological resume, in contrast, places the focus on your most recent work experience, which probably isn't relevant to your career change.

While similar to what is known as a functionally formatted resume, Changescape would be considered a hybrid or combination resume as it still reserves the entire second page for your work experience. Our Modern Transformations Collection uses a similar style. A resume in this style combines the benefits of both a chronological and functional resume while avoiding the cons associated with a purely functional resume. A purely functional resume would not be ATS-friendly and is not accepted by many recruiters and hiring managers. This hybrid format is a great compromise. Using a career change resume template like Changescape will help you achieve your career change goals faster!

Available separately, the Changescape biography and letterhead templates are designed to coordinate with our Changescape resume template. Using the entire collection will ensure you present a professional and coordinated image with all your career marketing documents. See all templates in the collection:

Microsoft Word is REQUIRED for all our templates.

Changescape Resume Template Color Options

Frequently Asked Questions

We can cover anything you need help with in relation to professional resume writing, from A to Z. My only agenda is to meet your needs and make sure that when our meeting comes to a close, you feel you have received the greatest value possible from our time together. Many colleagues want my help and guidance on challenging projects, and I provide advice in regard to the content, design, and strategy of the resumes they are working on. Others want help preparing for client consultations or handling particularly challenging clients. Professional development with the goal of achieving professional resume writing certification is another common topic.

When you are ready to book, you will be provided with my calendar, and you will be able to select a time and day that best meets your schedule. I do my best to make myself available on a variety of days and times, including occasional weekends and some nights and early mornings, in addition to regular office hours. The booking process is all online and fully automated, to make things as easy for you as possible.

Yes, please do! Our booking form includes space to describe how you want to use your session. If you have a specific resume or other documents you want me to review with you, please email them to me as far before the appointment as possible. That will give me some time to look at them ahead of time, so I can use our scheduled time together to provide my recommendations rather than read the documents while you wait.

Each consultation is scheduled for 60 minutes. Zoom is used so that I can share my computer screen with you during the consultation. This allows me to actually demonstrate recommended resume changes to you rather than just describe them. If you request it, I will record the consultation session and make it available to you for download, so that you may rewatch it later at your convenience.

No, not in the traditional sense. If we are working on a particular document and I see an error, I will certainly point it out to you. And, when I am recommending changes, I may actually make some of them for you on the document, as a way to demonstrate. But I will not proofread or edit your work in a thorough way. If you need help with those services, I will be happy to provide referrals.

All Distinctive Resume Templates designed by Michelle Dumas, a Nationally Certified Resume Writer and multi-time TORI Nominee & Award Winner

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WHAT OUR TEMPLATE USERS SAY

Insiders

Appearances matter, even with the written word, and how a document looks can make an immediate impact on the decision to read it or toss it aside. I train and mentor many excellent resume writers who have mastered the art of crafting highly effective resume content, but who lack the basic MS Word skills to create eye-catching, ATS compatible and uniquely branded documents. Distinctive Templates are the perfect solution for easily transforming well-written content into works of art that capture attention, generate interest, and motivate the recipient to read every word.

Norine Dagliano, NCRW, NCOPE, CPRW, CFRW/CC
Phil Hurd

While I primarily write resumes from scratch for each of my clients, I have also used Michelle’s templates and received great feedback. I find the templates are especially helpful to organize my thinking for those clients who have an overabundance of important information that still must fit in an ATS-friendly, 2-page format without looking cluttered or disorganized.

Phil Hurd, NCRW, NCOPE, CPRW, www.catalystresumes.com
alison

When I was starting out with resume writing a little over a year ago, one of the most intimidating aspects was visual design of resumes. I didn’t want to have to learn graphic design to stand out—and with these templates, I didn’t need to! I was a little hesitant at first because I thought the templates might be too rigid or generic. In actuality, they are incredibly flexible and easy to play around with. I can customize any template with my client’s favorite colors in just two clicks—which means they never look exactly the same, even if I use them for multiple clients. Using the templates means I can just do what I do best—write—and then plug the text right into the appropriate section. It saves me literal HOURS of work and hassle. One of the best parts about purchasing from Michelle is that she is extremely responsive to questions. There’s a private Facebook group where she records screen share tutorials about how to switch up certain elements in the templates, and she’s always been responsive to my emailed questions. My clients are completely thrilled with the unique, modern design of their resume, and I’m thrilled that I’m saving time and don’t have to learn graphic design!

Bob Janitz

I love Michelle’s resume templates! The designs are eye-catching and easy to use. I highly recommend these templates for anyone who finds that designing a creative, contemporary formatted resume is a challenge. They’re a huge time-saver.

Bob Janitz, NCRW, www.janitz.com
amber f

I used the “Pivot” template to create a combination functional/chronological resume for my first big client. Her words when she saw the finished product: “THIS IS AMAZING!” I’m a writer, not a designer. My resumes aren’t unprofessional, but they needed a “wow” factor – and now they have it. Thank you, Michelle, for offering such affordably priced tools!

Amber Fernandez, Freelance Writer

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