Volunteer Data Analyst — Lakeside Food Bank, Chicago, IL
2025 — Present
- Built a Tableau dashboard tracking 12,000 monthly meals served, cited in two grant applications
- Cleaned 5 years of donation records, fixing 400+ duplicate entries
Career-change resume builder — start from a real example
The editor opens with a teacher-to-analyst example: old skills translated into measurable results, certificates and volunteering positioned as bridges. Every line is editable, and the PDF is free.
Three rules that make a career-change resume work
Reframe, don't apologize
“Math teacher of 6 years” becomes “explained data to 700+ people and rebuilt grading policy around mastery metrics”. Same facts, buyer's language.
Put the new field first — in the title line
The title under your name is free text: “Junior Data Analyst (former teacher)” sets the frame before anyone reads a bullet.
Bridge with proof, not courses alone
Certificates matter, but a volunteer dashboard “cited in two grant applications” proves you can ship. Keep both, lead with the shipped thing.
Career-change resume FAQ
Do I hide my old career?
Never — six years of anything is proof you finish things. The trick is translation: outcomes and numbers transfer across fields, task lists do not.
Functional or reverse-chronological format?
Reverse-chronological with a strong summary. Most ATS software handles it best, and recruiters trust it more than skill-blocks that hide gaps.
How long will the transition take to explain?
Two sentences in the summary, one number per old-role bullet. If it needs more explanation than that, the resume is not the place — that is cover-letter work.