Resume Tips for Consultants Transitioning into a Corporate Role

After a very successful career consulting for Fortune 500 clients on a wide variety of projects, Mike faced a different sort of challenge: how to condense his experience into a resume that reflected the depth and breadth of his consulting work. He struggled to share his accomplishments in a way that generated employer interest while also getting through applicant tracking systems. When he finally called me he was ready to throw in the towel, exasperated with how difficult it had become to write about his own career. I explained that he shouldn’t feel bad, most of us struggle to write about ourselves. We’re simply too close to our own experiences to process them objectively.

So how do you write a resume for a corporate role if you’ve been consulting as an independent professional, meaning someone who has consulted with clients of their own?

Targeting is Crucial

I tapped into the expertise of two of my top executive resume writers to hear their best advice. Matilda Cole said this is the most difficult resume to write. Writing a resume to achieve this goal takes time and a skilled writer to weed out less-relevant items from your work history while highlighting the best ones.