Another common question I get is, “what should my LinkedIn headline be if I’m making a career change?” The best way to handle a career change is by showcasing your transferable skills.

For example, let’s say that you were working as a sales representative and now you want to switch into marketing.

You would use the same LinkedIn headline format above, but add some of your transferable skills. It’s still recommended to make your target role the new role you’re trying to change into. And, for your accomplishment, you can choose an accomplishment that’s related to your new role.

For example:

Digital Marketing Manager | Lead Generation | Email Outreach | Copy Writing | Increased sales leads by 67% year over year

As you can see, skills like lead generation and email outreach are all things that sales people do, but they’re also very relevant in a marketing role. Also, the achievement of increasing sales leads is incredibly important in marketing, and just so happens to be what sales reps do as well.

Depending on your career pivot, you may have more or less transferable skills. If you’re missing some skills, you should definitely go out and learn those new skills. 

You can read my guide on how to get a job with little or no experience here, which I highly recommend for anyone making a career change.

This video by Career Coach, Angie Callen, is also super helpful in thinking about your career pivot: