Career change resumes: bridge domains without inventing a new past

Pivoting industries is not about pretending you already worked in capital markets when you built systems in insurance. It is about **translating** what you did into the target domain's language — honestly.

The bridge pattern

- Name the **source domain** and **target domain** explicitly. - Map transferable work: "policy admin workflows" → "trade lifecycle tooling." - Prepare for **gotcha questions** that expose domain gaps — with a bridge tactic that acknowledges the gap and redirects to strength.

Study packs include a **domain bridge** module for pivots: skill translations, primers on concepts you have not lived yet, and model answers for the questions that screen pivoters out.

Your resume should lead with the **target identity**, supported by curated bullets from approved projects — never a fabricated employer or title.