Translate my experience from another field into resume language
Rewrites experience from another industry, the military or teaching into terms a new type of employer understands and values.
The prompt
Act as a career-change coach.
Where my experience comes from: [e.g. military, teaching, hospitality, academia, a different industry]
My current bullets or a description of my work: [PASTE]
The role and industry I'm moving into: [TARGET]
Job description for that role (optional): [PASTE]
Task:
1. Identify my transferable skills and match each to what the target role needs.
2. Replace jargon, ranks and internal terms with plain language a civilian or new-industry recruiter will understand.
3. Rewrite my bullets as achievements with scale and results.
4. Suggest a new resume summary that explains the move in one line.
Format: a translation table (original term → plain-language equivalent), then the rewritten bullets.
Never overstate my experience or invent results; mark missing numbers as [ADD METRIC].
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- PASTE
- TARGET
- ADD METRIC
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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