Switching industries: what to put in the experience section
Keep the jobs and titles you actually held, and rewrite what sits underneath. Here is what a form stores, and what changes between two industries.
Nathan Cole · · 9 minHeroApply Blog
Career change
Gaps, pivots and layoffs, explained for the application form.
Nathan Cole · · 9 min
Career change at 40: how to fill in the application
No application form asks your age. It asks years of experience, current title and dates - here is what those fields check and what to write in them.
Nathan Cole · · 9 min
Laid off? What to put on job applications this week
What to type in the end date, reason for leaving and currently-employed fields after a layoff, what each field is checking, and what to leave out.
Nathan Cole · · 9 min
How to explain an employment gap on an application form
A gap belongs in the employment history section as its own dated row with a short reason. Here is what the form checks, and the exact words to type.
Nathan Cole · · 9 minThe best of the blog, once a week
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